Interactions between environmental factors and melatonin receptor type 1A polymorphism in relation to oral cancer susceptibility and clinicopathologic development.

The purpose of this study was to explore the combined effect of melatonin receptor type 1A (MTNR1A) gene polymorphisms and exposure to environmental carcinogens on the susceptibility and clinicopathological characteristics of oral cancer.Three polymorphisms of the MTNR1A gene from 618 patients with...

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Main Authors: Feng-Yan Lin, Chiao-Wen Lin, Shun-Fa Yang, Wei-Jiunn Lee, Yung-Wei Lin, Liang-Ming Lee, Junn-Liang Chang, Wei-Chun Weng, Chien-Huang Lin, Ming-Hsien Chien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4373723?pdf=render