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The race associated allele of Semaphorin 3B (SEMA3B) T415I and its role in lung cancer in African-Americans and Latino-Americans.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 2005
Marsit Carmen J, Wiencke John K, Liu Mei, Kelsey Karl T
Abstract excerpt
SEMA3B has been implicated as important for neuronal development and as a tumor suppressor in lung cancer. A single nucleotide alteration of this gene leads to the amino acid substitution T415I, and functionally, this variant protein has a reduced ability to act as a tumor suppressor. The prevalence of this variant in populations is unclear and its role in inherited lung cancer susceptibility has not been tested....
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