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Polymorphisms in apoptosis-related genes in cutaneous melanoma prognosis: sex disparity.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Feb 2017
Oliveira Cristiane, Lourenço Gustavo Jacob, Rinck-Junior José Augusto, de Moraes Aparecida Machado, Lima Carmen Silvia Passos
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous melanoma (CM) cells are resistant to apoptosis, and steroid hormones are involved in this process through regulation of TP53, MDM2, BAX, and BCL2 expression. We analyzed herein sex differences in outcomes of CM patients associated with TP53 c.215G>C, MDM2 c.309T>G, BAX c.-248G>A, and BCL2 c.-717C>A polymorphisms. DNA from 121 men and 116 women patients was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction and...
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