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TGFB1 and TGFBR1 polymorphisms and breast cancer risk in the Nurses' Health Study.
BMC cancer - 11 Sept 2007
Cox David G, Penney Kathryn, Guo Qun, Hankinson Susan E, Hunter David J
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BACKGROUND: Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1) forms a signaling complex with transforming growth factor beta receptors 1 and 2 and has been described as both a tumor suppressor and tumor promoter. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in TGFB1 and a microsatellite in TGFBR1 have been investigated for association with risk of breast cancer, with conflicting results. METHODS: We examined polymorphisms in the...
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