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Vitamin D receptor levels in colorectal cancer. Possible role of BsmI polymorphism.
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2008
Parisi Eva, Reñé Josep Maria, Cardús Anna, Valcheva Petya, Piñol-Felis Carme, Valdivielso José Manuel, Fernández Elvira
Abstract excerpt
A high expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR) in colorectal cancer (CRC) tumoral tissue has been related to a good prognosis and it has been proposed that it could be a good biological marker of CRC progression. Nevertheless, there are no previous studies that compare the VDR expression in tumoral towards normal tissue of the same CRC patient in relation to VDR BsmI genotype. We collected normal and tumoral...
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