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No evidence for an association between the earwax-associated polymorphism in ABCC11 and breast cancer risk in Caucasian women.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Feb 2011
Beesley Jonathan, Johnatty Sharon E, Chen Xiaoqing, Spurdle Amanda B, Peterlongo Paolo, Barile Monica, Pensotti Valeria, Manoukian Siranoush, Radice Paolo, Chenevix-Trench Georgia
Abstract excerpt
ABCC11 is an ATP-binding cassette transporter responsible for the transport of a diverse range of lipophilic compounds. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) encoding an amino acid change has recently been shown to determine whether cerumen (earwax) is wet or dry. We hypothesised that this ABCC1...
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