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SUBMITTER: Hamadien MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4844627 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hamadien Maha-Abdulla MA Khan Zahid Z Vaali-Mohammed Mansoor-Ali MA Zubaidi Ahmad A Al-Khayal Khayal K McKerrow James J Al-Obeed Omar O
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine 20151116 4
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) contributes in inflammation and has been implicated in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TNF-α promoter could affect the risk of CRC by regulating TNF-α production. This is the first study to investigate TNF-α SNPs in a Middle Eastern population. In this study, we examined three SNPs in TNF-α for association with CRC. One hundred CRC patients and 100 controls were genotyped for TNF-α -308, -238, and -857 usin ...[more]