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Polymorphisms in mitochondrial genes and prostate cancer risk.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 2008
Wang Liang, McDonnell Shannon K, Hebbring Scott J, Cunningham Julie M, St Sauver Jennifer, Cerhan James R, Isaya Grazia, Schaid Daniel J, Thibodeau Stephen N
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The mitochondrion, conventionally thought to be an organelle specific to energy metabolism, is in fact multifunctional and implicated in many diseases, including cancer. To evaluate whether mitochondria-related genes are associated with increased risk for prostate cancer, we genotyped 24 single-n...
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