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SUBMITTER: Hu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7220213 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu Weiwei W Chien Szu-Yu SY Ying Pengqing P Liu Po-I PI Su Chen-Ming CM Tang Chih-Hsin CH
Medicine 20200101 3
Lung cancer is the most common malignancy in China and has a low survival rate amongst Han Chinese. The high mortality is largely attributed to late-stage diagnosis, when treatment is largely ineffective. Identification of genetic variants could potentially assist with earlier diagnosis and thus more effective treatment. Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 4 (CCL4) plays a critical role as a chemoattractant in tumor development, metastasis and angiogenesis. In this study, we explored three CCL4 single ...[more]