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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal Egyptian women.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Aug 2015
Abd-Elsalam Eman Abd-Elkader, Ismaeil Nadia A, Abd-Alsalam Hoda Sibai
Abstract excerpt
Many studies reported that vitamin D can protect against various types of cancers. The mechanism of vitamin D action is mediated by the vitamin D receptor (VDR). VDR may have anti-stress function because it has been identified as p53 direct target gene. This research was designed to investigate the role of VDR polymorphisms BsmI (rs 1544410), ApaI (rs 7975232), TaqI (rs 731236), and FokI (rs 10735810) in...
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