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A cancer modifier role for parathyroid hormone-related protein.
Oncogene - 9 Nov 2000
Manenti G, Peissel B, Gariboldi M, Falvella F S, Zaffaroni D, Allaria B, Pazzaglia S, Rebessi S, Covelli V, Saran A, Dragani T A
Abstract excerpt
The parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) gene (Pthlh) maps in the distal region of mouse chromosome 6 that contains a quantitative trait locus associated with genetic predisposition to skin tumorigenesis. Here, we report a genetic polymorphism located in the osteostatin encoding region of the Pthlh gene and that produces Thr/ Pro PTHrP variants. PthlhThr and PthlhPro alleles were significantly linked with...
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