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Association of ANRIL gene polymorphisms with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia in an Iranian population.
Biomarkers in medicine - 1 May 2017
Taheri Mohammad, Pouresmaeili Farkhondeh, Omrani Mir Davood, Habibi Mohsen, Sarrafzadeh Shaghayegh, Noroozi Rezvan, Rakhshan Azadeh, Sayad Arezou, Ghafouri-Fard Soudeh
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) are heterogeneous disorders with high prevalence among men. The antisense noncoding RNA in the INK4 locus codes for a long noncoding RNA whose participation in cancer has been elucidated. METHOD: We analyzed rs1333045, rs4977574, rs1333048 and rs10757278 genotypes from this locus in 125 prostate cancer patients, 125 BPH patients as well as 220 normal...
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