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Contribution of HPC1 (RNASEL) and HPCX variants to prostate cancer in a founder population.
The Prostate - 1 Nov 2010
Agalliu Ilir, Leanza Suzanne M, Smith Lorie, Trent Jeffrey M, Carpten John D, Bailey-Wilson Joan E, Burk Robert D
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BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer is a genetically complex disease with locus and disease heterogeneity. The RNASEL gene and HPCX locus have been implicated in hereditary prostate cancer; however, their contributions to sporadic forms of this malignancy remain uncertain. METHODS: Associations of prostate cancer with two variants in the RNASEL gene (a founder mutation, 471delAAAG, and a non-synonymous SNP, rs486907),...
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