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Mitochondrial heteroplasmic shifts reveal a positive selection of breast cancer.
Journal of translational medicine - 5 Oct 2023
Li Yanni, Sundquist Kristina, Vats Sakshi, Hong Mun-Gwan, Wang Xiao, Chen Yilun, Hedelius Anna, Saal Lao H, Sundquist Jan, Memon Ashfaque A
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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is, despite screening, not always detected early enough and is together with other tumor types known to shed genetic information in circulation. Unlike single-copy nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copies range from 100s to 10,000s per cell, thus providing a potentially alternative to identify potential missing cancer information in circulation at an early stage. METHODS: To...
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