[Among the risk factors are genetic factors (genetic diffuse gastric cancer - E-cadherin mutation (CDH1), pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine genes and innate immune response gene polymorphisms), environmental factors (infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), Epstein-Barr virus, nutrition: nitroso compounds, salt and antioxidants intake) and other factors (pernicious anemia, gastric polyps, gastric surgery, reproductive hormones, smoking).]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE