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Quantitative assessment of common genetic variants on FOXE1 and differentiated thyroid cancer risk.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zhu Hongling, Xi Qian, Liu Lianyong, Wang Jingnan, Gu Mingjun
Abstract excerpt
Forkhead box E1 encodes the transcription factor FOXE1 (or TTF-2), which together with Homeobox protein NKX2-1, PAX8 and HHEX, are pivotal proteins required for thyroid gland formation, differentiation and function. Recently, genome-wide association studies have identified FOXE1 as a thyroid cancer (TC) susceptibility gene in populations of European descent. After that, a number of studies reported that the...
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