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2001 • 3,860 citations

A Comparison of Bayesian Methods for Haplotype Reconstruction from Population Genotype Data

2003 • 3,515 citations

Changing patterns in the incidence of esophageal and gastric carcinoma in the United States

1998 • 2,080 citations

Estimates of the worldwide mortality from 25 cancers in 1990

1999 • 1,494 citations

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2000 • 820 citations

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1999 • 670 citations

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2000 • 378 citations

Matrilysin: An epithelial matrix metalloproteinase with potentially novel functions

1996 • 370 citations

Structural properties of matrix metalloproteinases

1999 • 324 citations

Relating matrix metalloproteinase structure to function: Why the “hemopexin” domain?

1997 • 300 citations

Experimental metastasis is suppressed in MMP-9-deficient mice.

1999 • 300 citations

Binding of gelatinases A and B to type-I collagen and other matrix components

1995 • 270 citations

Structure of full-length porcine synovial collagenase reveals a C-terminal domain containing a calcium-linked, four-bladed β-propeller

1995 • 260 citations

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1997 • 247 citations

Contribution of matrilysin (MMP-7) to the metastatic pathway of human colorectal cancers

1999 • 225 citations

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms increase risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a Chinese population.

2001 • 223 citations

Overexpression of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 and -9 mRNA Is Associated with Progression of Oral Dysplasia to Cancer

2004 • 127 citations

A Nested Case-Control Study of Oesophageal and Stomach Cancers in the Linxian Nutrition Intervention Trial

1994 • 126 citations

A single nucleotide polymorphism in the MMP-9 promoter affects tumor progression and invasive phenotype of gastric cancer

2004 • 124 citations

PIRA PCR designer for restriction analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms

2001 • 99 citations

Functional Polymorphisms ofMatrix Metalloproteinase-9Are Associated with Risk of Occurrence and Metastasis of Lung Cancer

2005 • 93 citations

Gelatinases A and B (MMP-2 and MMP-9) in endometrial cancer—MMP-9 correlates to the grade and the stage

2004 • 92 citations

Association of NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) C609T polymorphism with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a German Caucasian and a northern Chinese population

2003 • 90 citations

Human papillomavirus associated with oesophageal cancer

2002 • 89 citations

Association of cyclin D1 (G870A) polymorphism with susceptibility to esophageal and gastric cardiac carcinoma in a northern Chinese population

2003 • 71 citations

Ecological study on the risks of esophageal cancer in Ci-Xian, China: The importance of nutritional status and the use of well water

1999 • 70 citations

Gelatinolytic activity of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 in oesophageal carcinoma; a study using in situ zymography

2000 • 60 citations

Characterization of the flanking regions of Zea mays microsatellites reveals a large number of useful sequence polymorphisms

2002 • 52 citations

Identification of Structural Elements Important for Matrix Metalloproteinase Type V Collagenolytic Activity as Revealed by Chimeric Enzymes

2000 • 50 citations

Association of the thymidylate synthase polymorphisms with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma

2004 • 47 citations

Semiquantitation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts in human esophagus by immunohistochemistry and the automated cellular imaging system.

2002 • 41 citations