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SUBMITTER: Baez S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2807960 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
World journal of gastroenterology 20100101 3
<h4>Aim</h4>To determine the effects of genetic variants associated with gallstone formation and capsaicin (a pungent component of chili pepper) metabolism on the risk of gallbladder cancer (GBC).<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 57 patients with GBC, 119 patients with gallstones, and 70 controls were enrolled in this study. DNA was extracted from their blood or paraffin block sample using standard commercial kits. The statuses of the genetic variants were assayed using Taqman SNP Genotyping Assays or ...[more]