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SUBMITTER: Hashemi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6721817 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hashemi Mohammad M Karami Shima S Sarabandi Sahel S Moazeni-Roodi Abdolkarim A Małecki Andrzej A Ghavami Saeid S Wiechec Emilia E
Cancers 20190810 8
A number of case-control studies regarding the association of the polymorphisms in the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) genes with the risk of cancer have yielded inconsistent findings. Therefore, we have conducted a comprehensive, updated meta-analysis study to identify the impact of <i>PD-1</i> and <i>PD-L1</i> polymorphisms on overall cancer susceptibility. The findings revealed that <i>PD-1</i> rs2227981 and rs11568821 polymorphisms significantly decr ...[more]