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No association between a polymorphic variant of the IRS-1 gene and prostate cancer risk.
The Prostate - 15 Sept 2008
Fall K, Stark J R, Mucci L A, Chan J, Stampfer M J, Kurth T, Febbo P G, Kantoff P, Ma J
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OBJECTIVE: Insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) acts as a docking protein between the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) receptor and intracellular signaling molecules in the IGF-1 signaling pathway. Accumulating data support a role of IGF-1 in prostate carcinogenesis. We assessed the influence of the most common IRS-1 gene polymorphism (Gly972Arg) on prostate cancer risk, alone and in combination with IGF-1...
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