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SUBMITTER: Tongtawee T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5763069 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tongtawee Taweesak T Wattanawongdon Wareeporn W Simawaranon Theeraya T Kaewpitoon Soraya S Kaengpenkae Sivamate S Jintabanditwong Nichaphat N Tangjanyatham Pakorn P Ratchapol Warisara W Kangwantas Kokiet K Dechsukhum Chavaboon C Leeanansaksiri Wilairat W Kaewpitoon Natthawut N Matrakool Likit L Panpimanmas Sukij S
BioMed research international 20171227
Here we investigated CD44 protein expression and its polymorphisms in patients with chronic gastritis, precancerous gastric lesions, and gastric cancer; and we evaluated our result with the risk of CD44 protein expression and clinicopathological characteristics. Our results obtained by analyzing 162 gastric cancer patients, 125 chronic gastritis, and 165 precancerous gastric lesions from three study centers in Thailand showed that CD44 expression was significantly higher in patients with precanc ...[more]