Genetic Variants in MUC4 Gene Are Associated with Lung Cancer Risk in a Chinese Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Zili ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   He, Jianxing ^a   Zheng, Zeguang ^a   Zeng, Xiansheng ^b   Zhang, Chenting ^a   Ye, Jinmei ^a   Zhang, Yajie ^c   Zhong, Nanshan ^a   Lu, Wenju ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xiangyang Central Hospital   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUC4 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-4; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84886880167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077723     Document Type: Article

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