CASP8 -652 6N del polymorphism contributes to colorectal cancer susceptibility: evidence from a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE: Caspase-8 (CASP8) plays a central role in the apoptotic pathway and aberrant regulation of this pathway may cause cancers. Previous studies investigating the association between CASP8 -652 6N ins/del polymorphism and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk showed inconclusive results. We performed a...

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Main Authors: Qiliu Peng, Xianjun Lao, Weizhong Tang, Zhiping Chen, Ruolin Li, Jian Wang, Yan Deng, Taijie Li, Xue Qin, Shan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3912176?pdf=render