Open AccessCalpain-10 SNP43 and SNP19 Polymorphisms and Colorectal Cancer: a Matched Case-control Study
Author(s) -
Xiaoqin Hu,
Ping Yuan,
Rong-sheng Luan,
Xiaoling Li,
Wenhui Liu,
Feiling Feng,
Jing Yan,
Yang Yang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.11.6673
Subject(s) - multifactor dimensionality reduction , medicine , cart , logistic regression , colorectal cancer , genotype , red meat , oncology , cancer , gene , genetics , biology , single nucleotide polymorphism , mechanical engineering , pathology , engineering
Insulin resistance (IR) is an established risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC). Given that CRC and IR physiologically overlap and the calpain-10 gene (CAPN10) is a candidate for IR, we explored the association between CAPN10 and CRC risk.