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SUBMITTER: Xu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6942024 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Yiquan Y Huang Yina Y Weng Lihong L Zheng Jiankun J Huang Yi Y Lin Ying Y Zhao Yunan Y Li Hongru H Chen Yusheng Y
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 20191022 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling pathway plays a vital role in cancer development and progression. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between genotype variants in mTORC1 pathway and the risk of brain metastasis (BM) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).<h4>Methods</h4>We extracted genomic DNA from blood samples of 501 NSCLC patients and genotyped eight single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in three core genes [mammalian ...[more]