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HOTAIR genetic variants are associated with prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia in an Iranian population.
Gene - 20 May 2017
Taheri Mohammad, Habibi Mohsen, Noroozi Rezvan, Rakhshan Azadeh, Sarrafzadeh Shaghayegh, Sayad Arezou, Omrani Mir Davood, Ghafouri-Fard Soudeh
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) are heterogeneous disorders with a wide array of clinical presentations and high prevalence among men. Several protein coding genes as well as non-coding genes have been shown to contribute in prostate cancer and BPH risk. Among non-coding genes whose contribution in tumorigenesis has been identified is HOX transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR). In the present...
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