Article
Influence of VEGF-A gene variation and protein levels in breast cancer susceptibility and severity.
International journal of cancer - 1 Sept 2007
Balasubramanian Sabapathy P, Cox Angelo, Cross Simon S, Higham Sue E, Brown Nicola J, Reed Malcolm W
Abstract excerpt
Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) plays an important role in tumour angiogenesis and cancer progression. VEGF gene variation may influence VEGF levels and therefore cancer susceptibility and progression. We studied the role of VEGF single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes in breast cancer susceptibility and severity. We also studied the relationships of VEGF SNPs with circulating VEGF levels in...
Topics
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Breast Neoplasms
- Case-Control Studies
- Cohort Studies
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins
