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An exon variant in insulin receptor gene is associated with susceptibility to colorectal cancer in women.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 May 2015
Mahmoudi Touraj, Majidzadeh-A Keivan, Karimi Khatoon, Karimi Negar, Farahani Hamid, Dabiri Reza, Nobakht Hossein, Dolatmoradi Hesamodin, Arkani Maral, Zali Mohammad Reza
Abstract excerpt
Given the role of insulin resistance in colorectal cancer (CRC), we explored whether genetic variants in insulin (INS), insulin receptor (INSR), insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1), insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS2), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP3) genes were associated with CRC risk. A total of 600 subjects, including 261 cases with CRC and 339...
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