Article
Investigating the association of vascular endothelial growth factor polymorphisms with breast cancer: a Moroccan case-control study.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Sept 2014
Rahoui Jalila, Laraqui Abdelilah, Sbitti Yassir, Touil Nadia, Ibrahimi Azeddine, Ghrab Brahim, Al Bouzidi Abderrahman, Moussaoui Rahali Driss, Dehayni Mohamed, Ichou Mohamed, Zaoui Fatima, Mrani Saad
Abstract excerpt
The main mediator of breast cancer (BC) angiogenesis is the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Variation of VEGF-A gene may influence the BC susceptibility. The present case-control study investigated the association of the four commonly studied single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of VE...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Breast Neoplasms
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Morocco
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- Young Adult