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Genetic polymorphisms in the Paraoxonase 1 gene and risk of ovarian epithelial carcinoma.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Aug 2008
Lurie Galina, Wilkens Lynne R, Thompson Pamela J, McDuffie Katharine E, Carney Michael E, Terada Keith Y, Goodman Marc T
Abstract excerpt
Oxidative stress during successive ovulations increases the opportunity for DNA damage to ovarian epithelial cells and the potential for malignant transformation. Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is an endogenous free radical scavenger that reduces oxidative stress. The association of two common functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), rs854560 T>A and rs662 A>G, with the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer was...
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