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The role of Ile3434Thr XRCC7 gene polymorphism in differentiated thyroid cancer risk in an Iranian population.
Iranian biomedical journal - 1 Jan 2012
Rahimi Maryam, Fayaz Shima, Fard-Esfahani Armaghan, Modarressi Mohammad Hossein, Akrami Seyed Mohammad, Fard-Esfahani Pezhman
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to understand any association between differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and Ile3434Thr XRCC7 gene polymorphism (GenBank accession number: rs7830743). DTC is the most prevalent thyroid neoplasm, which includes papillary and follicular cell carcinoma. XRCC7 gene encodes a protein that functions in non-homologous end joining DNA repair pathway. Non-synonymous polymorphisms...
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