The 3' UTR variants in the GRP78 are not associated with overall survival in resectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

BACKGROUND: Elevated glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) levels in tissues have been known to be related with poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Though the variants in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of GRP78 gene were not associated with HCC risk, we wonder whether th...

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Main Authors: Xiao Zhu, Fang Wang, Marie C M Lin, Linwei Tian, Wenguo Fan, Samuel S Ng, Minjuan Liu, Jianqing Huang, Zhenhua Xu, Dongpei Li, Hsiangfu Kung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3062561?pdf=render