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Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (-1306 c>t) promoter polymorphism and risk of colorectal cancer in the Saudi population.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2013
Saeed Hesham Mahmoud, Alanazi Mohammad Saud, Parine Narasimha Reddy, Shaik Jilani, Semlali Abdelhabib, Alharbi Othman, Azzam Nahla, Aljebreen Abdulrahman, Almadi Majid, Shalaby Manal Aly
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: 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), results in strikingly lower promoter activity with the T allele. In the present study, we investigated whether this MMP-2 genetic polymorphism might be...
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