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Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology
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(12)1986.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-529044
ABSTRACT
AIM: To study the relationship among peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2(PPAR ?2) gene Pro12Ala polymorphism,Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori) infection,and gastric cancer in China.METHODS: 104 consecutive patients with gastric cancer and 104 age-and sex-matched controls from Guangdong Province of southern China were examined.PPAR?2 Pro12Ala polymorphism was analyzed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method(PCR-RFLP).H.pylori status of subjects was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) for anti-H.pylori IgG.RESULTS: The prevalence of H.pylori infection was significantly higher in gastric cancer patients than that in control(81.7% vs 59.6%,2=12.27,P