Risk-association of DNA methyltransferases polymorphisms with gastric cancer in the Southern Chinese population

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 8364-8378

  Yang, Xue Xi ^a   He, Xuan Qiu ^a   Li, Fen Xia ^a   Wu, Ying Song ^a   Gao, Yang ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNMTs; Gastric cancer (GC); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; TRDMT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 GENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 2 GENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A GENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B GENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3L GENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH CANCER; ADOLESCENT; CHINA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STOMACH TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864361959     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13078364     Document Type: Article

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