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TGFBR1 and cancer susceptibility.
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association - 1 Jan 2014
Pasche Boris, Pennison Michael J, Jimenez Hugo, Wang Minghui
Abstract excerpt
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a potent inhibitor of cell growth. TGFBR1 6A is a polymorphism consisting of a 9-base pair in-frame deletion within exon 1 of the type I TGF-β receptor (TGFBR1), which results in a receptor with decreased TGF-β signaling capability. The discovery of an association between TGFBR1*6A and cancer susceptibility led to the hypothesis that hypomorphic variants of the TGF-β...
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