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Association of polymorphisms and haplotypes in the human growth hormone 1 (GH1) gene with breast cancer.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Dec 2005
Wagner K, Hemminki K, Israelsson E, Grzybowska E, Klaes R, Chen B, Butkiewicz D, Pamula J, Pekala W, Försti A
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The growth hormone 1 (GH1)/insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) axis plays an important role in the development of breast cancer. By binding to its receptor, GH1 stimulates the production of IGF-I and its binding protein IGFBP3, resulting in the regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation a...
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