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Breast cancer risk and the DNA double-strand break end-joining capacity of nonhomologous end-joining genes are affected by BRCA1.
Cancer research - 15 Jul 2004
Bau Da-Tian, Fu Yi-Ping, Chen Shou-Tung, Cheng Ting-Chih, Yu Jyh-Cherng, Wu Pei-Ei, Shen Chen-Yang
Abstract excerpt
A tumorigenic role of the nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) has been suggested by the finding of a significant association between increased breast cancer risk and a cooperative effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in NHEJ genes. However, the lack of an association between hereditary breast cancer and defective NHEJ genes prevents conclusions...
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