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Association between a functional polymorphism rs712 within let-7-binding site and risk of papillary thyroid cancer.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Oct 2014
Jin Hong, Liang Yundan, Wang Xunli, Zhu Jingqiang, Sun Ruifen, Chen Peng, Nie Xinwen, Gao Linbo, Zhang Lin
Abstract excerpt
KRAS mutation is frequently detected in a series of cancers, including papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Recently, a genetic variant of rs712 in the 3' untranslated region of the KRAS gene has been reported to be functional in the regulation of KRAS by disrupting complementary site of let-7 and miR-181. We aimed to investigate whether the polymorphism is a risk factor for PTC. We conducted an association study,...
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