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On the interplay of telomeres, nevi and the risk of melanoma.

Wei, Qingyi; Bodelon, Clara; Pfeiffer, Ruth M; Bollati, Valentina; Debbache, Julien; Calista, Donato; Ghiorzo, Paola; ... (22 authors) (PloS one, 2012-01)

The relationship between telomeres, nevi and melanoma is complex. Shorter telomeres have been found to be associated with many cancers and with number of nevi, a known risk factor for melanoma. However, shorter telomeres ...

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 ...