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Exploring the link between germline and somatic genetic alterations in breast carcinogenesis.
PloS one - 22 Nov 2010
Bonifaci Núria, Górski Bohdan, Masojć Bartlomiej, Wokołorczyk Dominika, Jakubowska Anna, Dębniak Tadeusz, Berenguer Antoni, Serra Musach Jordi, Brunet Joan, Dopazo Joaquín, Narod Steven A, Lubiński Jan, Lázaro Conxi, Cybulski Cezary, Pujana Miguel Angel
Abstract excerpt
Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified candidate genes contributing to cancer risk through low-penetrance mutations. Many of these genes were unexpected and, intriguingly, included well-known players in carcinogenesis at the somatic level. To assess the hypothesis of a germline-somatic link in carcinogenesis, we evaluated the distribution of somatic gene labels within the ordered results...
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