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The VDR gene FokI polymorphism and ovarian cancer risk.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Dec 2013
Xu Hui, Li Su, Qiu Jian-Qing, Gao Xiao-Lin, Zhang Ping, Yang Yong-Xia
Abstract excerpt
The polymorphism of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is demonstrated to affect the activity of its encoding protein and the subsequent downstream effects mediated by vitamin D. Mutations in VDR gene FokI have been suggested in the development of various cancers. Whether the polymorphism of the VDR gene FokI confers risk to ovarian cancer still remains controversial across the published studies in different...
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