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MDM2 polymorphism increases susceptibility to childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Aug 2010
Phillips Christine L, Gerbing Robert, Alonzo Todd, Perentesis John P, Harley Isaac T W, Meshinchi Soheil, Bhatla Deepika, Radloff Gretchen, Davies Stella M
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BACKGROUND: The variant polymorphism in the gene MDM2, SNP309, leads to increased level of mdm2 protein and subsequent downregulation of p53 tumor suppressor pathway. Presence of this single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) has been associated with earlier tumorigenesis in patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, as well as decreased survival in patients with CLL. In addition, cells homozygous (G/G) for SNP 309 were...
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