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Association Between a High Gene Expression Variant of Chymase and Increased Risk for Basal Cell Carcinoma.
Anticancer research - 1 Nov 2022
Charalampidou Sevastiana, Gintoni Iphigenia, Avgoustidis Dimitris, Papakosta Veronica, Vlachakis Dimitrios, Vassiliou Stavros, Yapijakis Christos
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BACKGROUND/AIM: Previous studies have associated certain variations in genes encoding factors of renin-angiotensin system (RAS), indirectly leading to higher angiotensin II (AngII) levels, with greater risk for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) development. Chymase (CMA1) is the main regulator of the RAS-independent AngII generation pathway and numerous studies have shown its oncogenic potential in several cancer types...
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