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Differential roles of Angiotensinogen and Angiotensin Receptor type 1 polymorphisms in breast cancer risk.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Mar 2007
González-Zuloeta Ladd A M, Arias Vásquez A, Siemes C, Yazdanpanah M, Coebergh J W, Hofman A, Stricker B H Ch, van Duijn C M
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While angiotensinogen (AGT) seems to have anti proliferative properties, angiotensin II (ATII) is a potent growth factor and it mediates its actions through the angiotensin type 1 receptor (AGTR1). In the AGT gene, the M235T polymorphism has been associated with the variation in angiotensinogen levels and in the AGTR1 gene; the C573T variant is associated with different pathologies. We aimed to evaluate the...
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