Insertion of an SVA-E retrotransposon into the CASP8 gene is associated with protection against prostate cancer

Transcriptional and splicing anomalies have been observed in intron 8 of the CASP8 gene (encoding procaspase-8) in association with cutaneous basal-cell carcinoma (BCC) and linked to a germline SNP rs700635. Here, we show that the rs700635[C] allele, which is associated with increased risk of BCC an...

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Autores principales: Stacey, Simon N., Kehr, Birte, Gudmundsson, Julius, Zink, Florian, Jonasdottir, Aslaug, Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A., Sigurdsson, Asgeir, Halldorsson, Bjarni V., Agnarsson, Bjarni A., Benediktsdottir, Kristrun R., Aben, Katja K.H., Vermeulen, Sita H., Cremers, Ruben G., Panadero, Angeles, Helfand, Brian T., Cooper, Phillip R., Donovan, Jenny L., Hamdy, Freddie C., Jinga, Viorel, Okamoto, Ichiro, Jonasson, Jon G., Tryggvadottir, Laufey, Johannsdottir, Hrefna, Kristinsdottir, Anna M., Masson, Gisli, Magnusson, Olafur T., Iordache, Paul D., Helgason, Agnar, Helgason, Hannes, Sulem, Patrick, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Kong, Augustine, Jonsson, Eirikur, Barkardottir, Rosa B., Einarsson, Gudmundur V., Rafnar, Thorunn, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Mates, Ioan N., Neal, David E., Catalona, William J., Mayordomo, José I., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Stefansson, Kari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Association Studies Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26740556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddv622

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