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Association of the functionally significant polymorphisms of the MMP9 gene with H. pylori-positive gastric ulcer in the Caucasian population of Central Russia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Dvornyk Volodymyr, Ponomarenko Irina, Minyaylo Oksana, Reshetnikov Evgeny, Churnosov Mikhail
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The study analyzed the association of functionally significant polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) genes with the development of gastric ulcer (GU) in Caucasians from Central Russia. METHODS: The 781 participants, including 434 patients with GU (196 Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-positive and 238 H. pylori-negative) and 347 controls (all H. pylori-negative) were recruited...
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