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Smoking and polymorphisms in folate metabolizing genes and their effects on the histological stage and grade for bladder tumors.
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Feb 2011
Rouissi Kamel, Stambouli Najla, Marrakchi Raja, Slama Mohamed R Ben, Cherif Mohamed, Sfaxi Mohamed, Chebil Mohamed, Elgaaied Amel Benammar, Ouerhani Slah
Abstract excerpt
Folates are the common sources of DNA synthesis and methylation. Cigarette smoking and genetic susceptibility of folate enzymes are two suspected factors most closely associated with bladder cancer development. This study sought to determine the effect of smoking and genetic polymorphisms in folate metabolizing enzymes on the histological stage and grade of bladder tumors in Tunisian patients. A total of 130...
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