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Female-specific association among I, J and K mitochondrial genetic haplogroups and cancer: A longitudinal cohort study.
Cancer genetics - 1 Aug 2018
Luchini Claudio, Nottegar Alessia, Vaona Alberto, Stubbs Brendon, Demurtas Jacopo, Maggi Stefania, Veronese Nicola
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Recent studies highlighted the role of mitochondrial dysregulation in cancer, suggesting that the different mitochondrial haplogroups might play a role in tumorigenesis and risk of cancer development. Our aim is to investigate whether any mitochondrial haplogroups carried a significant higher risk of cancer development in a large prospective cohort of North American people. The haplogroup assignment was performed...
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