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The association between inflammation-related genes and serum androgen levels in men: the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian study.
The Prostate - 1 Jan 2012
Meyer Tamra E, Chu Lisa W, Li Qizhai, Yu Kai, Rosenberg Philip S, Menashe Idan, Chokkalingam Anand P, Quraishi Sabah M, Huang Wen-Yi, Weiss Jocelyn M, Kaaks Rudolf, Hayes Richard B, Chanock Stephen J, Hsing Ann W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Androgens and inflammation have been implicated in the etiology of several cancers, including prostate cancer. Serum androgens have been shown to correlate with markers of inflammation and expression of inflammation-related genes. METHODS: In this report, we evaluated associations between 9,932 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) marking common genetic variants in 774 inflammation-related genes and...
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