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SUBMITTER: Wang MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3016874 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Ming-Hsi MH Helzlsouer Kathy J KJ Smith Michael W MW Hoffman-Bolton Judith A JA Clipp Sandra L SL Grinberg Viktoriya V De Marzo Angelo M AM Isaacs William B WB Drake Charles G CG Shugart Yin Yao YY Platz Elizabeth A EA
The Prostate 20090601 8
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic intra-prostatic inflammation and obesity are thought to influence prostate carcinogenesis. Thus, variants in genes in these pathways could be associated with prostate cancer risk.<h4>Methods</h4>We genotyped 17 common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in RNASEL, TLR4, IL1B, IL6, IL8, IL10, TNF, CRP, ADIPOQ, LEP, PPARG, and TCF7L2 in 258 white prostate cancer cases and 258 matched controls nested in CLUE II. Single-locus analyses were conducted using conditional lo ...[more]