Increased risk of developing digestive tract cancer in subjects carrying the PLCE1 rs2274223 A>G polymorphism: evidence from a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: To date, the association between phospholipase C epsilon 1 (PLCE1) rs2274223 A>G and risk of digestive tract cancer (DTC) remains inconclusive. To derive a more precise estimation of the association, we conducted a meta-analysis on all eligible case-control studies involving 8281 case...

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Main Authors: Xunlei Zhang, Yangmei Zhang, Dongying Gu, Chunxiang Cao, Qi Zhang, Zhi Xu, Yongling Gong, Jinfei Chen, Cuiju Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792074?pdf=render