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ATAAA repeat upstream of glutathione S-transferase P1 and prostate cancer risk.
Urology - 1 Jan 2002
Platz Elizabeth A, Krithivas Krishna, Kantoff Philip W, Stampfer Meir J, Giovannucci Edward
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Expression of glutathione S-transferase pi (GSTP1), a detoxification enzyme that also binds steroid hormones, is diminished or absent in human prostate tumors possibly because of promoter hypermethylation. Upstream of its promoter is a polymorphic ATAAA repeat of unknown functional significance. We evaluated whether this polymorphism is associated with prostate cancer. METHODS: Incident prostate...
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