SNP (-617C>A) in ARE-like loci of the NRF2 gene: a new biomarker for prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma in Japanese non-smoking women.

The transcription factor NRF2 plays a pivotal role in protecting normal cells from external toxic challenges and oxidative stress, whereas it can also endow cancer cells resistance to anticancer drugs. At present little information is available about the genetic polymorphisms of the NRF2 gene and th...

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Main Authors: Yasuko Okano, Uru Nezu, Yasuaki Enokida, Ming Ta Michael Lee, Hiroko Kinoshita, Alexander Lezhava, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Satoshi Morita, Masataka Taguri, Yasushi Ichikawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Yutaka Natsumeda, Tomoyuki Yokose, Haruhiko Nakayama, Yohei Miyagi, Toshihisa Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770684?pdf=render