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Estimation of vascular endothelial growth factor gene -460 C/T polymorphism as a biomarker in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients from the Indian subcontinent.
Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry - 1 Nov 2015
Borase Archana P, Ganvir Sindhu M, Hazarey Vinay K, Gosavi Suchitra R, Mohatta Anand A, Singh Jasmine
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AIM: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common malignancies in India. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a major mediator of angiogenesis, is known to play a key role in the pathophysiology of tumorigenesis. Polymorphisms of the VEGF gene have been shown to influence the risk of OSCC, but it remains to be elucidated in the Indian population. Thus, the present study was designed to...
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