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XRCC1 Arg399Gln polymorphism confers risk of breast cancer in American population: a meta-analysis of 10846 cases and 11723 controls.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Bu Tao, Liu Li, Sun Yong, Zhao Li, Peng Yang, Zhou Shudong, Li Lixia, Chen Sidong, Gao Yanhui
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) gene, a polymorphism, Arg399Gln (rs25487), has been shown to change neoconservative amino acid and thus result in alternation of DNA repair capacity. Numerous studies have investigated the association between Arg399Gln and breast cancer risk in the American population, but yielding inconsistent results. This study aimed to clarify the role of...
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