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CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 genotypes, haplotypes, and risk of prostate cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Sept 2003
Plummer Sarah J, Conti David V, Paris Pamela L, Curran Anthony P, Casey Graham, Witte John S
Abstract excerpt
Previous case-only studies have shown that men with the CYP3A4*1B promoter variant are at an increased risk of developing more aggressive forms of prostate cancer. However, no changes in CYP3A4 activity have been found in CYP3A4*1B carriers, suggesting that its association with disease may simply reflect linkage disequilibrium with another functional variant. CYP3A5 is located within 200 kb of CYP3A4, and a...
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