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Sex hormone-binding globulin polymorphisms in familial and sporadic breast cancer.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 2002
Försti Asta, Jin Qianren, Grzybowska Ewa, Söderberg Magnus, Zientek Helena, Sieminska Marzena, Rogozinska-Szczepka Jadwiga, Chmielik Ewa, Utracka-Hutka Beata, Hemminki Kari
Abstract excerpt
Ovarian steroids are one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer. Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) binds and transports sex steroids in the blood, regulating their bioavailable fraction and access to target cells. It can also inhibit the estradiol-induced proliferation of breast cancer cells through its membrane receptor. Three coding-region polymorphisms, which lead to an amino acid change, have been...
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