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PRLTS gene alterations in human prostate cancer.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Apr 1997
Komiya A, Suzuki H, Ueda T, Aida S, Ito N, Shiraishi T, Yatani R, Emi M, Yasuda K, Shimazaki J, Ito H
Abstract excerpt
Since loss of heterozygosity on 8p22-p21.3 has been found frequently in prostate cancer, the status of a candidate tumor suppressor gene named PRLTS gene, recently cloned from the same region in some human malignancies, was examined in the present study. DNAs were isolated from 69 Japanese prostate cancer patients (37 localized and 32 cancer-death cases). Loss of heterozygosity at this gene locus was observed in...
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