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Associations of a polymorphism in the ornithine decarboxylase gene with colorectal cancer survival.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Oct 2009
Zell Jason A, Ziogas Argyrios, Ignatenko Natalia, Honda Jane, Qu Ning, Bobbs Alexander S, Neuhausen Susan L, Gerner Eugene W, Anton-Culver Hoda
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the first enzyme in polyamine synthesis, is required for normal growth and is elevated in many cancers, including colorectal cancer. We examined associations of the +316 ODC1 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) with colorectal cancer-specific survival among colorectal cancer cases, and then investigated its functional significance in colon cancer cells....
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