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The endothelial nitric oxide synthase Glu-298-Asp polymorphism and its mRNA expression in the peripheral blood of patients with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Cancer detection and prevention - 1 Jan 2006
Marangoni Karina, Neves Adriana F, Cardoso Alexandra M, Santos Weruska Karyna, Faria Paula C, Goulart Luiz R
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BACKGROUND: The endothelial nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS) has an important role in vascular development and in the carcinogenesis process of prostate cancer (PCa). The nitric oxide (NO) production may promote cancer progression by providing a selective growth advantage to tumor cells, by angiogen...
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