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Association between Programmed Cell Death 6 Interacting Protein Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and the Risk of Breast Cancer in a Sample of Iranian Population.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2015
Hashemi Mohammad, Yousefi Javad, Hashemi Seyed Mehdi, Amininia Shadi, Ebrahimi Mahboubeh, Taheri Mohsen, Ghavami Saeid
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that genetic factors contribute to patients' vulnerability to breast cancer (BC). The programmed cell death 6 interacting protein (PDCD6IP) encodes for a protein that is known to bind to the products of the PDCD6 gene, which is involved in the apoptosis pathway. The aim of this case-control study is to investigate the relationship between the PDCD6IP 15 bp insertion/deletion (I/D)...
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