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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Borelli V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521353 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Infectious agents and cancer 20150801
NRLP1 (rs12150220, rs9889625, rs9900356, rs6502867, rs2670660) and NLRP3 (rs35829419, rs10754558) polymorphisms have been analyzed in 69 subjects with documented asbestos exposure and death for malignant pleural mesothelioma and 59 patients with documented asbestos exposure but death for other causes, all from a North East Italy. No association was found between NLRP1 and NLRP3 polymorphisms and susceptibility to develop mesothelioma using the general, dominant or recessive models. Also haplotyp ...[more]