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Polymorphisms of MDM4 and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Jul 2011
Yu Hongping, Wang Li-E, Liu Zhensheng, Wei Sheng, Li Guojun, Sturgis Erich M, Wei Qingyi
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PURPOSE: Mouse double minute 4 (MDM4), a homolog of MDM2, is one of the key negative regulators of p53, and its amplification or overexpression contributes to carcinogenesis by inhibiting the p53 tumor suppressor activity. We investigated the association between MDM4 polymorphisms and the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). METHODS: We genotyped three MDM4 tagging polymorphisms, two in...
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