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Association study of long non-coding RNA HOTAIR rs920778 polymorphism with the risk of cancer in an elderly Japanese population.
Gene - 1 Mar 2020
Minn Aye Ko Ko, Sato Noriko, Mieno Makiko Naka, Arai Tomio, Muramatsu Masaaki
Abstract excerpt
The HOTAIR gene encodes a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), which functions in development and tumorigenesis. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs920778 in the HOTAIR gene, has been recurrently studied for susceptibility to many cancers including oesophageal cancer, gastric cancer, lung cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Most of these studies were conducted in Chinese populations, and a few in Turkish,...
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