Association between CASP8 –652 6N Del Polymorphism (rs3834129) and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Results from a Multi-Centric Study

The common −652 6N del variant in the CASP8 promoter (rs3834129) has been described as a putative low-penetrance risk factor for different cancer types. In particular, some studies suggested that the deleted allele (del) was inversely associated with CRC risk while other analyses failed to confirm t...

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Main Authors: Pardini, Barbara, Verderio, Paolo, Pizzamiglio, Sara, Nici, Carmela, Maiorana, Maria Valeria, Naccarati, Alessio, Vodickova, Ludmila, Vymetalkova, Veronika, Veneroni, Silvia, Daidone, Maria Grazia, Ravagnani, Fernando, Bianchi, Tiziana, Bujanda, Luis, Carracedo, Angel, Castells, Antoni, Ruiz-Ponte, Clara, Morreau, Hans, Howarth, Kimberley, Jones, Angela, Castellví-Bel, Sergi, Li, Li, Tomlinson, Ian, Van Wezel, Tom, Vodicka, Pavel, Radice, Paolo, Peterlongo, Paolo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897464/