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Genetic polymorphisms in TP53, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of colorectal cancer: evidence for gene-environment interaction?
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Aug 2007
Tan Xiang-Lin, Nieters Alexandra, Hoffmeister Michael, Beckmann Lars, Brenner Hermann, Chang-Claude Jenny
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OBJECTIVE: Substantial evidence indicates that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs protect against colorectal cancer by altering cell cycle progression and/or inducing apoptosis, whereas p53 protein is crucial to maintaining cell-cycle arrest and regulating DNA repair, differentiation, and apopt...
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