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Exon 3 polymorphisms and haplotypes of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase and risk of bladder cancer in southern China: a case-control analysis.
Cancer letters - 8 Sept 2005
Li Chunping, Liu Jia, Li Aiping, Qian Lixin, Wang Xinru, Wei Qingyi, Zhou Jianwei, Zhang Zhengdong
Abstract excerpt
Methylating agents are involved in bladder carcinogenesis. O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a DNA repair protein that removes methyl group from O6-methylguanine and thus plays an important role in the etiology of cancer. We hypothesized that two MGMT polymorphisms in exon 3, C16195T (or MGMT L53L) and C16286T (or MGMT L84F) are associated with risk of bladder cancer. In a hospital-based...
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