Genetic variants of MUC4 are associated with susceptibility to and mortality of colorectal cancer and exhibit synergistic effects with LDL-C levels

• Min Jung Kwon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, College of Life Science, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea

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• Jeong Yong Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, College of Life Science, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea

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• Eo Jin Kim,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-6930

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• Eun Ju Ko,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, College of Life Science, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea

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• Chang Soo Ryu,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, College of Life Science, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea

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• Hye Jung Cho,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea

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• Hak Hoon Jun,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea

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• Jong Woo Kim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nkkim@cha.ac.kr, namkkim@naver.com (NKK); kjw@cha.ac.kr (JWK)

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea

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• Nam Keun Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nkkim@cha.ac.kr, namkkim@naver.com (NKK); kjw@cha.ac.kr (JWK)

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, College of Life Science, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea

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