Article
Polymorphisms in the AKT1 and AKT2 genes and oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in an Eastern Chinese population.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Apr 2016
Zhu Jinhong, Wang Mengyun, He Jing, Zhu Meiling, Wang Jiu-Cun, Jin Li, Wang Xiao-Feng, Yang Ya-Jun, Xiang Jia-Qing, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
Ethnic Han Chinese are at high risk of developing oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Aberrant activation of the AKT signalling pathway is involved in many cancers, including ESCC. Some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in this pathway may contribute to ESCC susceptibility. We selected five potentially functional SNPs in AKT1 (rs2494750, rs2494752 and rs10138277) and AKT2 (rs7254617...
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