Meta-analysis

Meta-analysis of the TNF-α-308G/A polymorphism and vitiligo risk

G. Nie, Qi, J. H., Huang, C. W., Yang, T., Shi, N., and Chen, Y. J., “Meta-analysis of the TNF-α-308G/A polymorphism and vitiligo risk”, vol. 14, pp. 17296-17304, 2015.

Several case-control studies have been conducted to investigate the association between the tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-308G/A polymorphism and vitiligo risk. However, the results of these studies are inconsistent; therefore, we attempted to comprehensively evaluate the association between TNF-α-308G/A polymorphism and vitiligo risk via a meta-analysis. Studies reporting the association between TNF-α-308G/A polymorphism and vitiligo risk were retrieved from PubMed and EmBase databases.

AGER genetic polymorphisms increase risks of breast and lung cancers

N. C. Yin, Lang, X. P., Wang, X. D., and Liu, W., “AGER genetic polymorphisms increase risks of breast and lung cancers”, vol. 14, pp. 17776-17787, 2015.

We evaluated the associations between three common polymorphisms in the AGER gene and the risks of breast (BC) and lung (LC) cancer using meta-analysis. A systematic electronic search of the literature was conducted to identify all potential correlation studies in Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PubMed, CISCOM, China BioMedicine (CBM), and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases.