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Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3: relationship to the development of gastric pre-malignancy and gastric adenocarcinoma (United Kingdom).
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Mar 2004
Zhang Zun-Wu, Newcomb Paul V, Moorghen Moganaden, Gupta Jyoti, Feakins Roger, Savage Paul, Hollowood Andrew, Alderson Derek, Holly Jeff M P
Abstract excerpt
IGF family proteins play a pivotal role in regulating cell growth and apoptosis in normal and tumour tissues. IGFBP-3 is the major binding protein of IGFs and modulates the bioactivity of IGFs. To examine the role of IGFBP-3 in gastric cancer, an IGFBP3 promoter polymorphism, and serum and gastric mucosal levels of IGFBP-3 were assessed in two independent groups of patients (396 and 117 patients, respectively)...
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