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Genetic variants in the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene are associated with an increased risk of radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients.
Cancer medicine - 1 Mar 2017
Liu Bo, Tang Yang, Yi Minxiao, Liu Qingxu, Xiong Huihua, Hu Guangyuan, Yuan Xianglin
Abstract excerpt
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) plays a crucial role in the process of lung injury, although its association with radiation pneumonitis (RP) is unclear. We hypothesized that genetic variants in PAI-1 may influence the risk of RP. In this study, 169 lung cancer patients were genotyped for six single-nucleotide polymorphisms in PAI-1 using the Sequenom MassARRAY system. The risk of RP was evaluated by Cox...
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