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Evaluation of allele-specific somatic changes of genome-wide association study susceptibility alleles in human colorectal cancers.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Gerber Madelyn M, Hampel Heather, Schulz Nathan P, Fernandez Soledad, Wei Lai, Zhou Xiao-Ping, de la Chapelle Albert, Ewart Toland Amanda
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tumors frequently exhibit loss of tumor suppressor genes or allelic gains of activated oncogenes. A significant proportion of cancer susceptibility loci in the mouse show somatic losses or gains consistent with the presence of a tumor susceptibility or resistance allele. Thus, allele-specific somatic gains or losses at loci may demarcate the presence of resistance or susceptibility alleles. The goal...
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