Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81970454.
BACKGROUND ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 4(ABCB4)deficiency is associated with cholestatic liver disease primarily because of missense mutations,and many variants remain unidentified.Here,we validate the pat...
BACKGROUND Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma(PACC)is a rare tumor.Up to 45%of PACCs have alterations in the DNA damage repair pathway and 23%harbor rearrangements in the BRAF or RAF1 genes.We present a PACC case with a...
BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori)is a ubiquitous bacterium that affects nearly half of the world’s population with a high morbidity and mortality rate.Polymorphisms within the tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-A...
The National Science Centre,Poland,No.2017/25/B/NZ5/02783(to Walkowiak J).
BACKGROUND It has been suggested that apolipoprotein E(APOE)polymorphisms are associated with the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)and the early age of disease onset.However,there are no reports regar...
Supported by the grant from the National Science Council(NSC 96-2320-B-030-004-MY3),Executive Yuan,Taiwan
Chronic hepatitis B is a global health problem. The clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B infection include asymptomatic carrier state, chronic hepatitis(CH), liver cirrhosis(LC), and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)....
AIM The single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP) c.415C>T in exon 3 of NUDT15 affects thiopurine-induced leukopenia in Asian patients with Crohn's disease. Meanwhile, three additional genetic variants of NUDT15 were report...
Supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(CNPq);Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior(CAPES);Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduacao da Universidade Federal do Pará/Fundacao Amparo e Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa(PROPESP-UFPA/FADESP)
AIM To evaluate the relation between 12 polymorphisms and the development of gastric cancer(GC) and colorectal cancer(CRC).METHODS In this study,we included 125 individuals with GC diagnosis,66 individuals with CRC di...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81670518 and No.81170392;The Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province,China,No.2013B021800290 and No.2014A020212118;Guangzhou Science and Technology Innovation Commission,China,No.201604020155
AIM To test the hypothesis that K8/K18 variants predispose humans to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) progression and its metabolic phenotypes. METHODS We selected a total of 373 unrelated adult subjects from ...
Supported by Institute for Maternal and Child Health,IRCCS"Burlo Garofolo",No.RC 03/2009
AIM To evaluate the inflammatory state in Crohn's disease(CD) patients and correlate it with genetic background and microbial spreading.METHODS By means of flow cytometry, production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF...
Supported by National 863 High-Technology Research and Development Program,No.2012AA02A519
AIM: To investigate the association between colorectal cancer(CRC) genetic susceptibility variants and esophageal cancer in a Chinese Han population.METHODS: A case-control study was conducted including 360 esophageal...