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The 3' UTR IGF2R-A2/B2 variant is associated with increased tumor growth and advanced stages in non-small cell lung cancer.
Cancer letters - 8 Feb 2008
Kotsinas Athanassios, Evangelou Konstantinos, Sideridou Maria, Kotzamanis George, Constantinides Constantinos, Zavras Athanasios I, Douglass Chester W, Papavassiliou Athanasios G, Gorgoulis Vassilis G
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Normal function of insulin-like growth factor II receptor (IGF2R) gene has been associated with negative control of tumor growth in vivo and in vitro. Rare alleles at a 3' UTR short tandem repeat polymorphism of IGF2R are known to decrease transcript stability. One such allele (A2/B2) increases s...
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