Association between polymorphisms in apoptotic genes and susceptibility for developing breast cancer in Syrian women.

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Apoptosis is a major protective mechanism against cancer. The tumor suppressor protein p53 is the central protein in the apoptotic pathway and was shown to harbor mutations in a considerable fraction of breast cancer tumors. The NQO1 was shown to act as a p53 stabilizer and was suggested to play an important role in the protection against carcinogenic catechol estrogens. Functional polymorphisms in TP53 and NQO1...

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