Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Wnt and BMP Pathways and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a Spanish Cohort
Fernández-Rozadilla C, de Castro L, Clofent J, Brea-Fernández A, Bessa X, Abulí A, Andreu M, Jover R, Xicola R, Llor X, Castells A, Castellví-Bel S, Carracedo A, Ruiz-Ponte C, . Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Wnt and BMP Pathways and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a Spanish Cohort. PLOS ONE 2010, 5: e12673. PMID: 20844743, PMCID: PMC2936577, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012673.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBMP pathwayLow-penetrance variantsNew susceptibility lociNew risk variantsCandidate gene studiesCarcinogenesis-related pathwaysPathway-based studiesRegulatory SNPsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsAssociation studiesCase-control association studySusceptibility lociGenesSusceptibility variantsRisk variantsNucleotide polymorphismsComplex diseasesSigns of associationPolygenic modelPathwayWntHaplotypic analysisGenetic susceptibilityNatural strategyVariants