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Genotyping and functional analysis of the D104N variant of human endostatin.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Dec 2004
Macpherson Gordon R, Singh Arun S, Bennett Charles L, Venzon David J, Liewehr David J, Franks Michael E, Dahut William L, Kantoff Philip W, Price Douglas K, Figg William D
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Endostatin is an endogenous inhibitor of angiogenesis derived from the extracellular matrix protein collagen XVIII. It has been reported that a variation at the 104 position (D104N) of human endostatin is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, potentially indicating that this protein variant is less active as an anti-angiogenic agent. Herein we reported the results of genotyping 389 patients with...
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