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SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2021

Association Between NAT2 Polymorphism and Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Ke Zhu, Aiqun Xu, Wanli Xia, Pulin Li, Binbin Zhang, Huihui Jiang, Sijing Zhou, Ran Wang

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Synthesis in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. The Role of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms at the Arg399Gln Locus of theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ke ZhuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Aiqun XuDepartment of General Medicine, Hefei Second People's Hospital, Hefei, China.
Wanli XiaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Pulin LiDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Binbin ZhangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Huihui JiangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Sijing ZhouDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Hefei Third Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Ran WangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and has a high incidence rate. N-Acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) is a polymorphic xenobiotic enzyme, which can catalyze N-acetylation and O-acetylation of various carcinogens such as aromatic, heterocyclic amines and hydrazines. At present, many studies have explored the effects of NAT2 polymorphism on lung cancer, but we found inconsistent results. We researched 18 published studies, involving 4,016 patients and 5,469 controls, to more accurately assess the effects of NAT2 polymorphism on lung cancer risk and to investigate whether smoking is associated. We used STATA software to analyze the extracted data and used STATA for subgroup analysis, sensitivity analysis, and to perform publication bias tests. To determine the correlation, we used the crude odds ratio (ORs) with 95% confidence interval (CIs). Our study was prospectively registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020159737). The odds ratio was 1.53 (95% CI: 1.21

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genetic polymorphismlung cancerNAT2phenotypesystematic review

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PMID33777732
PMCPMC7991837

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