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A second independent locus within DMRT1 is associated with testicular germ cell tumor susceptibility.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Aug 2011
Kanetsky Peter A, Mitra Nandita, Vardhanabhuti Saran, Vaughn David J, Li Mingyao, Ciosek Stephanie L, Letrero Richard, D'Andrea Kurt, Vaddi Madhavi, Doody David R, Weaver Joellen, Chen Chu, Starr Jacqueline R, Håkonarson Håkon, Rader Daniel J, Godwin Andrew K, Reilly Muredach P, Schwartz Stephen M, Nathanson Katherine L
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) has a significant heritable component, and genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified association with variants in several genes, including KITLG, SPRY4, BAK1, TERT, DMRT1 and ATF7IP. In our GWAS, we genotyped 349 TGCT cases and 91...
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