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Fas A670G polymorphism, apoptotic capacity in lymphocyte cultures, and risk of lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Oct 2003
Wang Li-E, Cheng Lie, Spitz Margaret R, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
Tobacco carcinogens can damage DNA, leading to apoptosis. There may be individual variation in apoptotic capacity (AC), and this variation may explain difference in AC associated with risk of lung cancer, if genome integrity is not restored by efficient DNA repair. To test the hypothesis that gen...
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