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The association between KL polymorphism and prostate cancer risk in Korean patients.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Nov 2014
Kim Hae Jong, Lee Jaehyouk, Lee Shin Young, Cheong Hyun Sub, Kye Young-Sik, Kim Wonyong, Byun Seok-Soo, Myung Soon Chul
Abstract excerpt
The Klotho (KL) gene is a classical "aging suppressor" gene. Although recent studies have shown that KL participates in the progression of several types of human cancers, the relationship between KL polymorphism and prostate cancer was unknown. The present study aimed to investigate the association between KL genetic polymorphisms and prostate cancer. Twenty-five common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in...
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