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The monoamine oxidase A gene promoter repeat and prostate cancer risk.
The Prostate - 1 Nov 2012
White Thomas A, Kwon Erika M, Fu Rong, Lucas Jared M, Ostrander Elaine A, Stanford Janet L, Nelson Peter S
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BACKGROUND: Amine catabolism by monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) contributes to oxidative stress, which plays a role in prostate cancer (PCa) development and progression. An upstream variable-number tandem repeat (uVNTR) in the MAOA promoter influences gene expression and activity, and may thereby affe...
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