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Peripheral blood mitochondrial DNA content, A10398G polymorphism, and risk of breast cancer in a Han Chinese population.
Cancer science - 1 Jun 2014
Jiang Huangang, Zhao Hong, Xu Hui, Hu Liu, Wang Wenbo, Wei Yuehua, Wang You, Peng Xiaohong, Zhou Fuxiang
Abstract excerpt
It has been reported that quantitative alterations and sequence variations of mtDNA are associated with the onset and progression of particular types of tumor. However, the relationship between mtDNA content, certain mtDNA polymorphisms in peripheral blood leukocytes and breast cancer risk remain obscure. This study was undertaken to investigate whether mtDNA content and the A10398G polymorphism in peripheral...
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