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Impact of a genetic variant in CYP3A4 on risk and clinical presentation of prostate cancer among white and African-American men.
Urologic oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Bangsi Dieudonne, Zhou Junying, Sun Yezhou, Patel Nimesh P, Darga Linda L, Heilbrun Lance K, Powell Isaac J, Severson Richard K, Everson Richard B
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Genes involved in androgen metabolism are strong candidates for having an important role in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer. CYP3A4, a protein in the cytochrome P-450 supergene family, facilitates the oxidative deactivation of testosterone. In previous studies, patients with the G variant of...
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