Browsing by Author "Wei, Sheng"

Association between p21 Ser31Arg polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

Ma, Hongxia; Zhou, Ziyuan; Wei, Sheng; Wei, Qingyi (Chinese journal of cancer, 2011-04)

P21 (CDKN1A), a key cell cycle regulatory protein that governs cell cycle progression from G1 to S phase, can regulate cell proliferation, growth arrest, and apoptosis. The Ser31Arg polymorphism is located in the highly ...

Genetic correction improves prediction efficiency of serum tumor biomarkers on digestive cancer risk in the elderly Chinese cohort study.

Wang, Ke; Bai, Yansen; Chen, Shi; Huang, Jiao; Yuan, Jing; Chen, Weihong; Yao, Ping; ... (16 authors) (Oncotarget, 2018-01)

Although serum tumor biomarkers alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) have been used in digestive cancer risk prediction, the prediction efficiency remains unsatisfactory. ...

Shortened telomere length is associated with increased risk of cancer: a meta-analysis.

Ma, Hongxia; Zhou, Ziyuan; Wei, Sheng; Liu, Zhensheng; Pooley, Karen A; Dunning, Alison M; Svenson, Ulrika; ... (11 authors) (PloS one, 2011-01)

Telomeres play a key role in the maintenance of chromosome integrity and stability, and telomere shortening is involved in initiation and progression of malignancies. A series of epidemiological studies have examined the ...