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Association of the G473A polymorphism and expression of lysyl oxidase with breast cancer risk and survival in European women: a hospital-based case-control study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Friesenhengst Andrea, Pribitzer-Winner Tamara, Schreiber Martin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lysyl oxidase (LOX) is an extracellular enzyme essential for the covalent crosslinking of extracellular matrix proteins and may also have additional functions. LOX expression can be both up- and downregulated in cancer and is associated both with tumour suppression and metastasis progression. The G473A polymorphism (rs1800449) results in the Arg158Gln amino acid substitution in the LOX propeptide,...
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