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Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) genetic polymorphisms, dietary antioxidants, and risk of breast cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Feb 1999
Ambrosone C B, Freudenheim J L, Thompson P A, Bowman E, Vena J E, Marshall J R, Graham S, Laughlin R, Nemoto T, Shields P G
Abstract excerpt
Oxidative stress, resulting from the imbalance between prooxidant and antioxidant states, damages DNA, proteins, cell membranes, and mitochondria and seems to play a role in human breast carcinogenesis. Dietary sources of antioxidants (chemical) and endogenous antioxidants (enzymatic), including the polymorphic manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), can act to reduce the load of oxidative stress. We hypothesized...
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