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A functional polymorphism in the miR-146a gene and age of familial breast/ovarian cancer diagnosis.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Oct 2008
Shen Jie, Ambrosone Christine B, DiCioccio Richard A, Odunsi Kunle, Lele Shashikant B, Zhao Hua
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A G to C polymorphism (rs2910164) is located within the sequence of miR-146a precursor, which leads to a change from a G:U pair to a C:U mismatch in its stem region. The predicted miR-146a target genes include BRCA1 and BRCA2, which are key breast and ovarian cancer genes. To examine whether rs29...
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