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Association of two CASP8 polymorphisms with breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Feb 2010
Sergentanis Theodoros N, Economopoulos Konstantinos P
Abstract excerpt
Caspase-8 (CASP8) is an initiator caspase implicated in the process of apoptosis in breast cancer cells. Attention has been drawn upon two polymorphisms: CASP8 D302H (rs1045485) and, more recently, CASP8 -652 6N del (rs3834129). The CASP8 -652 6N del polymorphism remains an open field, as studies are controversial. This meta-analysis aims to examine: (i) the association between CASP8 -652 6N del and breast cancer...
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