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Association between hTERT polymorphisms and the risk of breast cancer in a sample of Southeast Iranian population.
BMC research notes - 10 Dec 2014
Hashemi Mohammad, Amininia Shadi, Ebrahimi Mahboubeh, Hashemi Seyed Mehdi, Taheri Mohsen, Ghavami Saeid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) is considered to be one of the most important causes of death worldwide, and it affects the Iranian female population a decade earlier than female in other parts of the world. Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is a main subunit of the telomerase complex. MNS16A is located downstream of the hTERT gene and is recognized as the regulator of hTERT promoter activity. The aim...
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