Differential urinary specific gravity as a molecular phenotype of the bladder cancer genetic association in the urea transporter gene, SLC14A1

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3008-3013

  Koutros, Stella ^a   Baris, Dalsu ^a   Fischer, Alexander ^a   Tang, Wei ^a   Garcia Closas, Montserrat ^a,b   Karagas, Margaret R ^c   Schwenn, Molly ^d   Johnson, Alison ^e   Figueroa, Jonine ^a   Waddell, Richard ^c   Prokunina Olsson, Ludmila ^a   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Silverman, Debra T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Maine Cancer Registry   (United States)

^e Vermont Cancer Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder cancer; epidemiology; genome wide association study; urinary specific gravity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTOMETRY; RELATIVE DENSITY; RNA SEQUENCE; SLC14A1 GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLADDER CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; URINARY SPECIFIC GRAVITY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885644727     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28325     Document Type: Article

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