Browsing by Author "Jin, Li"
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A Functional Polymorphism (rs2494752) in the AKT1 Promoter Region and Gastric Adenocarcinoma Risk in an Eastern Chinese Population.
Wei, Qingyi; Wang, Meng-Yun; He, Jing; Zhu, Mei-Ling; Teng, Xiao-Yan; Li, Qiao-Xin; Sun, Meng-Hong; ... (12 authors) (Scientific reports, 2016-01-28)AKT is an important signal transduction protein that plays a crucial role in cancer development. Therefore, we evaluated associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the AKT promoter region and gastric ... -
Associations of genotypes and haplotypes of IL-17 with risk of gastric cancer in an eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; Zhou, Fei; Qiu, Li-Xin; Cheng, Lei; Wang, Meng-Yun; Li, Jin; Sun, Meng-Hong; ... (11 authors) (Oncotarget, 2016-12)Interleukin-17 plays a crucial role in inflammation-related carcinogenesis. We hypothesize that genetic variants in IL-17 are associated with gastric cancer (GCa) risk, and we genotyped five potentially functional single ... -
Associations of PI3KR1 and mTOR polymorphisms with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk and gene-environment interactions in Eastern Chinese populations.
Wei, Qingyi; Zhu, Jinhong; Wang, Mengyun; Zhu, Meiling; He, Jin; Wang, Jiu-Cun; Jin, Li; ... (9 authors) (Scientific reports, 2015-01)Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the PI3K/PTEN/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway may contribute to carcinogenesis. We genotyped five potentially functional PIK3R1 and mTOR SNPs in 1116 esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) ... -
Associations of potentially functional variants in IL-6, JAKs and STAT3 with gastric cancer risk in an eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; Zhou, Fei; Cheng, Lei; Qiu, Li-Xin; Wang, Meng-Yun; Li, Jin; Sun, Meng-Hong; ... (11 authors) (Oncotarget, 2016-05)The interleukin-6 (IL-6)/JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway plays a central role in inflammation-mediated cancers, including gastric cancer (GCa). We evaluated associations between 10 potentially functional single nucleotide ... -
Genetic variant of PRKAA1 and gastric cancer risk in an eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; Qiu, Li-Xin; He, Jing; Cheng, Lei; Zhou, Fei; Wang, Meng-Yun; Sun, Meng-Hong; ... (15 authors) (Oncotarget, 2015-12)Published data on the association between PRKAA1 rs13361707 T > C polymorphism and gastric cancer (GCa) susceptibility were inconclusive. To derive a more precise estimation of the association, we conducted a large-scale ... -
Genetic variant rs4072037 of MUC1 and gastric cancer risk in an Eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; Qiu, Li-Xin; Hua, Rui-Xi; Cheng, Lei; He, Jing; Wang, Meng-Yun; Zhou, Fei; ... (16 authors) (Oncotarget, 2016-03)Published data on the association between the MUC1 rs4072037A > G polymorphism and gastric cancer (GCa) risk were inconclusive. To derive a more precise estimation of the association, we conducted a large GCa study of 1,124 ... -
Genetic variations of the ADIPOQgene and risk of prostate cancer in Chinese Han men.
Wei, Qingyi; Gu, Cheng-Yuan; Li, Qiao-Xin; Zhu, Yao; Wang, Meng-Yun; Shi, Ting-Yan; Yang, Ya-Yun; ... (10 authors) (Asian journal of andrology, 2014-11)Adiponectin secreted by adipose tissue has been implicated in prostate carcinogenesis. Genetic variations in ADIPOQ are thought to influence the activity of adiponectin, thus relating to cancer occurrence. In this hospital-based ... -
Polymorphisms in ERCC1 and XPF genes and risk of gastric cancer in an eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; He, Jing; Xu, Yu; Qiu, Li-Xin; Li, Jin; Zhou, Xiao-Yan; Sun, Meng-Hong; ... (11 authors) (PloS one, 2012-01)BACKGROUND: Inherited functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA repair genes may alter DNA repair capacity and thus contribute to cancer risk. METHODS: Three ERCC1 functional SNPs (rs2298881C>A, rs3212986C>A ... -
Polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair genes and risk of primary prostate cancer in Chinese Han populations.
Wei, Qingyi; Wang, Mengyun; Li, Qiaoxin; Gu, Chengyuan; Zhu, Yao; Yang, Yajun; Wang, Jiucun; ... (10 authors) (Oncotarget, 2017-04)Genetic variants of nucleotide excision repair (NER) genes have been extensively investigated for their roles in the development of prostate cancer (PCa); however, the published results have been inconsistent. In a hospital-based ... -
Polymorphisms in the AKT1 and AKT2 genes and oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in an Eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; Zhu, Jinhong; Wang, Mengyun; He, Jing; Zhu, Meiling; Wang, Jiu-Cun; Jin, Li; ... (10 authors) (Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2016-04)Ethnic Han Chinese are at high risk of developing oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Aberrant activation of the AKT signalling pathway is involved in many cancers, including ESCC. Some single nucleotide polymorphisms ... -
Polymorphisms in the ERCC5 gene and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in Eastern Chinese populations.
Wei, Qingyi; Zhu, Mei-Ling; Shi, Ting-Yan; Hu, Hai-Chuan; He, Jing; Wang, Mengyun; Jin, Li; ... (15 authors) (PloS one, 2012-01)BACKGROUND: Excision repair cross complementing group 5 (ERCC5 or XPG) plays an important role in regulating DNA excision repair; its functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may alter DNA repair capacity and thus ... -
Polymorphisms in the mTOR gene and risk of sporadic prostate cancer in an Eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; Li, Qiaoxin; Gu, Chengyuan; Zhu, Yao; Wang, Mengyun; Yang, Yajun; Wang, Jiucun; ... (13 authors) (PloS one, 2013-01)BACKGROUND: The mTOR gene regulates cell growth by controlling mRNA translation, ribosome biogenesis, autophagy, and metabolism. Abnormally increased expression of mTOR was associated with carcinogenesis, and its functional ... -
Potentially functional polymorphisms in the CASP7 gene contribute to gastric adenocarcinoma susceptibility in an eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; Wang, Meng-Yun; Zhu, Mei-Ling; He, Jing; Shi, Ting-Yan; Li, Qiao-Xin; Wang, Ya-Nong; ... (14 authors) (PloS one, 2013-01)BACKGROUND: Caspase 7 (CASP7) is an important regulator and executioner in the apoptosis pathway and plays a crucial role in cancer development and progression. However, few studies have evaluated associations between functional ... -
Potentially functional polymorphisms in the ERCC2 gene and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese populations.
Wei, Qingyi; Zhu, Mei-Ling; He, Jing; Wang, MengYun; Sun, Meng-Hong; Jin, Li; Wang, Xiaofeng; ... (11 authors) (Scientific reports, 2014-01)ERCC2 is indispensable for nucleotide excision repair pathway, and its functional polymorphisms may be associated with cancer risk. In a large case-control study of 1126 esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCC) patients ... -
Potentially functional variants of PLCE1 identified by GWASs contribute to gastric adenocarcinoma susceptibility in an eastern Chinese population.
Wei, Qingyi; Wang, Mengyun; Zhang, Ruoxin; He, Jing; Qiu, Lixin; Li, Jin; Wang, Yanong; ... (15 authors) (PloS one, 2012-01)BACKGROUND: Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have found a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, rs2274223 A>G) in PLCE1 to be associated with risk of gastric adenocarcinoma. In the present study, we validated ... -
Pri-miR-124 rs531564 and pri-miR-34b/c rs4938723 polymorphisms are associated with decreased risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese populations.
Wei, Qingyi; Zhang, Junjie; Huang, Xuewen; Xiao, Juanjuan; Yang, Yajun; Zhou, Yinghui; Wang, Xiaofeng; ... (18 authors) (PloS one, 2014-01)MicroRNAs are a new class of small non-protein-coding RNAs that sometimes function as tumor suppressors or oncogenes. Aberrant expression and structural alteration of microRNAs have been reported to be involved in tumorigenesis ... -
PSCA polymorphisms and gastric cancer susceptibility in an eastern Chinese population.
Zhou, Fei; Wei, Qingyi; Qiu, Li-Xin; Cheng, Lei; He, Jing; Zhou, Zhi-Rui; Wang, Meng-Yun; ... (16 authors) (Oncotarget, 2016-02)The prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) gene, which encodes a prostate-specific antigen (PSA), was identified as a gene involved in cell adhesion and proliferation. The associations between the PSCA rs2294008 and rs2976392 ... -
Sequence variations in DNA repair gene XPC is associated with lung cancer risk in a Chinese population: a case-control study.
Wei, Qingyi; Bai, Yun; Xu, Liang; Yang, Xiaobo; Hu, Zhibin; Yuan, Jing; Wang, Feng; ... (24 authors) (BMC cancer, 2007-01)BACKGROUND: The nucleotide excision repair (NER) protein, xeroderma pigmentosum C (XPC), participates in recognizing DNA lesions and initiating DNA repair in response to DNA damage. Because mutations in XPC cause a high ... -
Tumor necrosis factor-α induced protein 8 polymorphism and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a Chinese population: a case-control study.
Wei, Qingyi; Zhang, Yan; Wang, Meng-Yun; He, Jing; Wang, Jiu-Cun; Yang, Ya-Jun; Jin, Li; ... (13 authors) (PloS one, 2012-01)BACKGROUND: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has been reported to be associated with autoimmune and pro-inflammatory response, and genetic polymorphisms of candidate genes involved in autoimmune and pro-inflammatory response ... -
Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies Frequent Somatic Mutations in Cell-Cell Adhesion Genes in Chinese Patients with Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Wei, Qingyi; Li, Chenguang; Gao, Zhibo; Li, Fei; Li, Xiangchun; Sun, Yihua; Wang, Mengyun; ... (51 authors) (Scientific reports, 2015-10-27)Lung squamous cell carcinoma (SQCC) accounts for about 30% of all lung cancer cases. Understanding of mutational landscape for this subtype of lung cancer in Chinese patients is currently limited. We performed whole exome ...