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SUBMITTER: Enewold L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3647250 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Enewold Lindsey L Mechanic Leah E LE Bowman Elise D ED Platz Elizabeth A EA Alberg Anthony J AJ
Anticancer research 20120901 9
<h4>Background</h4>The primary risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is cigarette smoking but shared susceptibility factors, such as variations in the matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP1) gene, may also underlie both diseases.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Cases with prevalent COPD (n=167), incident NSCLC (n=242), or prevalent COPD plus incident NSCLC (n=128) were compared to disease-free controls (n=338) to assess six MMP1 polymorphisms. ...[more]