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The XPD variant alleles are associated with increased aromatic DNA adduct level and lung cancer risk.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Apr 2002
Hou Sai-Mei, Fält Susann, Angelini Sabrina, Yang Ke, Nyberg Fredrik, Lambert Bo, Hemminki Kari
Abstract excerpt
The DNA repair protein xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D (XPD) is involved in the nucleotide excision repair of DNA lesions induced by many tobacco and environmental carcinogens. In order to study the functional impact of the common polymorphisms in XPD exon 10 (G > A, Asp312Asn) and exon 23 (A > C, Lys751Gln), we have genotyped 185 Swedish lung cancer cases (97 smokers and 88 never-smokers) and 162...
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