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Polymorphisms in the kinesin-like factor 1 B gene and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in Eastern Chinese women.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Sept 2015
Shi Ting-Yan, Jiang Zhi, Jiang Rong, Yin Sheng, Wang Meng-Yun, Yu Ke-Da, Shao Zhi-Ming, Sun Meng-Hong, Zang Rongyu, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
The kinesin-like factor 1 B (KIF1B) gene plays an important role in the process of apoptosis and the transformation and progression of malignant cells. Genetic variations in KIF1B may contribute to risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). In this study of 1,324 EOC patients and 1,386 cancer-free female controls, we investigated associations between two potentially functional single nucleotide polymorphisms in...
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