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Matrix metalloproteinase-2 C(-1306)T promoter polymorphism and breast cancer risk in the Saudi population.
Acta biochimica Polonica - 1 Jan 2013
Saeed Hesham Mahmoud, Alanazi Mohammad Saud, Alshahrani Omair, Parine Narasimha Reddy, Alabdulkarim Huda Abdullah, Shalaby Manal Aly
Abstract excerpt
Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) is an enzyme with proteolytic activity against matrix proteins, particularly basement membrane constituents. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at -1306, which disrupts a Sp1-type promoter site (CCACC box), displayed a strikingly lower promoter activity with the T allele. In the present study, we investigate whether this MMP-2 SNP is associated with susceptibility to breast...
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