The -308G/A polymorphism of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene is associated with the risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer: A meta-analysis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Wang, Jiayi ^a   Jin, Xin ^a   Wang, Hui ^b   Yang, Jiantang ^c   Wang, Lili ^a   Lei, Lei ^a   Li, Xiaoxu ^a   Zhou, Yu ^a   Zeng, Xin ^a   Jiang, Lu ^a   Liao, Ga ^a   Dan, Hongxia ^a   Chen, Qianming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gene polymorphism; Meta analysis; Tumor necrosis factor alpha; Upper aerodigestive tract cancer

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EAST ASIAN; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH ASIAN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84877833877     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.229.245     Document Type: Article

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