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Caspase polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility to multiple myeloma.
Hematological oncology - 1 Sept 2008
Hosgood H Dean, Baris Dalsu, Zhang Yawei, Zhu Yong, Zheng Tongzhang, Yeager Meredith, Welch Robert, Zahm Shelia, Chanock Stephen, Rothman Nathaniel, Lan Qing
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma is a haematological malignency, characterized by clonal expansion of plasma cells. However, little is known about the cause of multiple myeloma. Cancer cells must avoid apoptosis to ensure unregulated tumour formation and growth. The highly conserved caspase cascade is essential to the regulation of the apoptotic pathway. To examine if five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in four caspase...
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