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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms inside microRNA target sites influence tumor susceptibility.
Cancer research - 1 Apr 2010
Nicoloso Milena S, Sun Hao, Spizzo Riccardo, Kim Hyunsoo, Wickramasinghe Priyankara, Shimizu Masayoshi, Wojcik Sylwia E, Ferdin Jana, Kunej Tanja, Xiao Lianchun, Manoukian Siranoush, Secreto Giorgio, Ravagnani Fernando, Wang Xuemei, Radice Paolo, Croce Carlo M, Davuluri Ramana V, Calin George A
Abstract excerpt
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) associated with polygenetic disorders, such as breast cancer (BC), can create, destroy, or modify microRNA (miRNA) binding sites; however, the extent to which SNPs interfere with miRNA gene regulation and affect cancer susceptibility remains largely unknown....
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