Impact of HFE variants and sex in lung cancer.

The homeostatic iron regulator protein HFE is involved in regulation of iron acquisition for cells. The prevalence of two common HFE gene variants (H63D, C282Y) has been studied in many cancer types; however, the impact of HFE variants, sex and HFE gene expression in lung cancer has not been studied...

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Main Authors: Sang Y Lee, Vonn Walter, Junjia Zhu, Anna C Salzberg, Dajiang J Liu, James R Connor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226821