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TbetaR-I(6A) is a candidate tumor susceptibility allele.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 1999
Pasche B, Kolachana P, Nafa K, Satagopan J, Chen Y G, Lo R S, Brener D, Yang D, Kirstein L, Oddoux C, Ostrer H, Vineis P, Varesco L, Jhanwar S, Luzzatto L, Massagué J, Offit K
Abstract excerpt
We have previously described a type I transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta receptor (TbetaR-I) polymorphic allele, TbetaR-I(6A), that has a deletion of three alanines from a nine-alanine stretch. We observed a higher than expected number of TbetaR-I(6A) homozygotes among tumor and nontumor DNA from patients with a diagnosis of cancer. To test the hypothesis that TbetaR-I(6A) homozygosity is associated with...
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