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The Association of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 (PAI-1) Level and PAI-1 4G/5G Gene Polymorphism with the Formation and the Grade of Endometrial Cancer.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Aug 2017
Yıldırım Malik Ejder, Karakuş Savas, Kurtulgan Hande Küçük, Kılıçgün Hasan, Erşan Serpil, Bakır Sevtap
Abstract excerpt
Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) is a serine protease inhibitor (Serpine 1), and it inhibits both tissue plasminogen activator and urokinase plasminogen activator which are important in fibrinolysis. We aimed to find whether there is a possible association between PAI-1 level, PAI-1 4G/5G polymorphism, and endometrial cancer. PAI-1 levels in peripheral blood were determined in 82 patients with...
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