Novel genetic locus at MHC region for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese populations.

BACKGROUND:Our previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified three independent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region showing association with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). In this study, we increased GWAS sample size on...

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Main Authors: Peng Zhang, Xin-Min Li, Xue-Ke Zhao, Xin Song, Ling Yuan, Fang-Fang Shen, Zong-Min Fan, Li-Dong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5426749?pdf=render