AKT1 and SELP Polymorphisms Predict the Risk of Developing Cachexia in Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Abolfazl Avan; Amir Avan; Tessa Y. S. Le Large; Andrea Mambrini; Niccola Funel; Mina Maftouh; Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan; Maurizio Cantore; Ugo Boggi; Godefridus J. Peters; Paola Pacetti; Elisa Giovannetti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108057

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AKT1 and SELP Polymorphisms Predict the Risk of Developing Cachexia in Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Abolfazl Avan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Abolfazl Avan, Amir Avan, Paola Pacetti, Elisa Giovannetti

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Amir Avan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Abolfazl Avan, Amir Avan, Paola Pacetti, Elisa Giovannetti

Affiliations Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Biochemistry of Nutrition Research Center, and Department of New Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Tessa Y. S. Le Large,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Andrea Mambrini,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Carrara Civic Hospital, Carrara, Italy
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Niccola Funel,

Affiliation Start-Up Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Mina Maftouh,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan,

Affiliation Biochemistry of Nutrition Research Center, and Department of New Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Maurizio Cantore,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Carrara Civic Hospital, Carrara, Italy
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Ugo Boggi,

Affiliation Start-Up Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Godefridus J. Peters,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Paola Pacetti ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Abolfazl Avan, Amir Avan, Paola Pacetti, Elisa Giovannetti

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Carrara Civic Hospital, Carrara, Italy
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Elisa Giovannetti

Contributed equally to this work with: Abolfazl Avan, Amir Avan, Paola Pacetti, Elisa Giovannetti

* E-mail: e.giovannetti@vumc.nl

Affiliations Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Start-Up Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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AKT1 and SELP Polymorphisms Predict the Risk of Developing Cachexia in Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Abolfazl Avan,
Amir Avan,
Tessa Y. S. Le Large,
Andrea Mambrini,
Niccola Funel,
Mina Maftouh,
Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan,
Maurizio Cantore,
Ugo Boggi,
Godefridus J. Peters

Published: September 19, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108057

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