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A genotype-phenotype examination of cyclin D1 on risk and outcome of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Apr 2008
Marsit Carmen J, Black Candice C, Posner Marshall R, Kelsey Karl T
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The variant allele of CCND1 G870A encodes a splice variant of the cyclin D1 protein, which possesses an increased half-life. To confirm the phenotypic effect of the variant allele, we examined the immunohistochemical staining pattern of the protein in tumors from a case population of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and compared it with the genotype of these individuals. We also examined how...
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