Open Access<p>A Variant of <em>Leptin</em> Gene Decreases the Risk of Gastric Cancer in Chinese Individuals: Evidence from a Case–Control Study</p>
Author(s) -
Renjie Ma,
Qi He
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.845
H-Index - 28
ISSN - 1178-7066
DOI - 10.2147/pgpm.s258672
Subject(s) - medicine , genotyping , leptin , snp , gene , genotype , single nucleotide polymorphism , oncology , microbiology and biotechnology , gastroenterology , genetics , biology , obesity
A host of studies have explored the potential connection between leptin ( LEP ) G19A polymorphism and the risk of cancers, but the relationship between gastric cancer (GC) susceptibility and LEP G19A polymorphism was not revealed before. The aim of this study was to investigate this relationship in Chinese Han population.