Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup N9a Negatively Correlates with Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Northern China

• Main Authors: Shixuan Hua (Author), Meinan Li (Author), Qiongya Zhao (Author), Junyi Wang (Author), Yaping Zhou (Author), Jiangtao Liu (Author), Hezhi Fang (Author), Minghua Jiang (Author), Lijun Shen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups are associated with various types of cancer; however, the molecular mechanisms by which mtDNA haplogroups affect primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are not known. In this study, we carried out a case-control study on 388 HCC patients and 511 geographically m...