Second primary cancers in patients with laryngeal cancer: a population-based studyXiang Gao
Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute, Little Rock, AR 72215, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56:427-35. 2003
..Literature regarding incidence of site-specific second cancers after laryngeal cancer is limited. Risk factors associated with second primaries are unknown...
Risk of second primary cancer in the contralateral breast in women treated for early-stage breast cancer: a population-based studyXiang Gao
Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute, Little Rock, AR 72215, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56:1038-45. 2003
..To study the potential risk factors, including radiotherapy (RT) for contralateral breast cancer (CBC), in patients treated for early-stage breast cancer...
Nonviral gene delivery: principle, limitations, and recent progressMohammed S Al-Dosari
Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P O Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
AAPS J 11:671-81. 2009
..The emphasis is placed on discussion about problems associated with current nonviral methods and recent efforts toward refinement of nonviral approaches...
Prospective studies of dairy product and calcium intakes and prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysisXiang Gao
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:1768-77. 2005
..65 to 3.25; P > .2) for the highest versus lowest intake categories of calcium. CONCLUSIONS: High intake of dairy products and calcium may be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, although the increase appears to be small...
Variations in exon 7 of the MSH2 gene and susceptibility to gastrointestinal cancer in a Chinese populationYimei Fan
Department of Medical Genetics, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Cancer Genet Cytogenet 170:121-8. 2006
..1221C>G (p.Leu407Leu) and c.1223A>G (p.Tyr408Cys) in MSH2 and c.655 A>G (p.Ile219 Val) and c.927C>T (p.Pro309Pro) in MLH1 might be merely polymorphisms. Consequences of the variant c.2101C>A (p.Gln701Lys) in MLH1 remain to be elucidated...
Dietary pattern is associated with homocysteine and B vitamin status in an urban Chinese populationXiang Gao
The Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
J Nutr 133:3636-42. 2003
..Dietary patterns appear to play an important role in the micronutrient and homocysteine status of these Chinese adults...
Erectile function and risk of Parkinson's diseaseXiang Gao
Department of Nutrition, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1446-50. 2007
..In conclusion, in this retrospective analysis in a large cohort of men, the authors observed that erectile dysfunction was associated with a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease...
Conditional knock-out of beta-catenin in postnatal-born dentate gyrus granule neurons results in dendritic malformationXiang Gao
Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
J Neurosci 27:14317-25. 2007
..Our results indicate that beta-catenin plays an important role in dendritic development of postnatal-born neurons in vivo, and is therefore essential for the neurogenesis in the postnatal brain...
Diet, urate, and Parkinson's disease risk in menXiang Gao
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:831-8. 2008
..These potential benefits, however, should be weighed against expected adverse effects on risk of gout and other chronic diseases...
A case-control study of body mass index and asthma in Asian childrenStanislav Henkin
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 21111, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 100:447-51. 2008
..Numerous studies have focused on the relationship between the 2 factors. However, to our knowledge, this association in Asian Americans has not been extensively studied...
Intake of added sugar and sugar-sweetened drink and serum uric acid concentration in US men and womenXiang Gao
Department of Nutrition, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Hypertension 50:306-12. 2007
..2; P for interaction <0.01). Further research is needed to confirm causality of these associations and the observed difference by gender...