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The impact of mitochondria-related POLG and TFAM variants on breast cancer pathomorphological characteristics and patient outcomes.
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Golubickaite Ieva, Ugenskiene Rasa, Korobeinikova Erika, Gudaitiene Jurgita, Vaitiekus Domas, Poskiene Lina, Juozaityte Elona
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PURPOSE: Breast cancer is the most frequent female cancer, leading to relapse with distant metastasis of approximately one-third of patients. Cancer is usually considered a genetic disease involving mutations in nuclear DNA. However, genes, coding for mitochondrial proteins or regulatory molecules, are rarely under consideration. This study aimed to analyse 10 single nucleotide variants in POLG and TFAM genes and...
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