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Two novel polymorphisms in PLCE1 are associated with the susceptibility to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese population.
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus - 1 Jan 2017
Qu Y, Zhang S, Cui L, Wang K, Song C, Wang P, Zhang J, Dai L
Abstract excerpt
Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer-associated death worldwide. Phospholipase C epsilon 1 (PLCE1) gene was found to be associated with the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) by three large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in Chinese populations. To evaluate the association between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in PLCE1 gene and ESCC risk, a case-control...
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