Article
Association of RNASEL and 8q24 variants with the presence and aggressiveness of hereditary and sporadic prostate cancer in a Hispanic population.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2014
San Francisco Ignacio F, Rojas Pablo A, Torres-Estay Verónica, Smalley Susan, Cerda-Infante Javier, Montecinos Viviana P, Hurtado Claudia, Godoy Alejandro S
Abstract excerpt
To study the association between the polymorphisms Arg462Gln and Asp541Glu from the RNASEL gene (1q25), and the polymorphisms rs620861, rs1447295, rs6983267, rs7837328 from the chromosome 8q24 with the risk of presenting prostate cancer (PCa) and its clinical characteristics in a Hispanic (Chilean) population. The study was performed on 21 control patients and 83 patients diagnosed with PCa. Polymorphisms were...
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