The Principal Genetic Determinants for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in China Involve the HLA Class I Antigen Recognition Groove

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Tang, Minzhong ^a,b,c   Lautenberger, James A ^d   Gao, Xiaojiang ^e,f   Sezgin, Efe ^b   Hendrickson, Sher L ^g   Troyer, Jennifer L ^e   David, Victor A ^b   Guan, Li ^e   Mcintosh, Carl E ^e   Guo, Xiuchan ^e,h   Zheng, Yuming ^c   Liao, Jian ⁱ   Deng, Hong ^c   Malasky, Michael ^e   Kessing, Bailey ^d   Winkler, Cheryl A ^e   Carrington, Mary ^e   dé The, Guy ^j   Zeng, Yi ^a,h   O'Brien, Stephen J ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital   (China)

^d FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

ⁱ Cangwu Institute for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Control and Prevention   (China)

^j INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA A GENE; HLA B GENE; HLA C GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 84870711835     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003103     Document Type: Article

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