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A BRCA1 promoter variant (rs11655505) and breast cancer risk
Author(s) -
Paolo Verderio,
Sara Pizzamiglio,
Melissa C. Southey,
Amanda B. Spurdle,
John L. Hopper,
X. Chen,
Jonathan Beesley,
kConFab,
R Schmutzler,
Christoph Engel,
Barbara Burwinkel,
Peter Bugert,
Filomena Ficarazzi,
Siranoush Manoukian,
Monica Barile,
Barbara Wappenschmidt,
Georgia ChenevixTrench,
Paolo Radice,
Paolo Peterlongo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of medical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.439
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1468-6244
pISSN - 0022-2593
DOI - 10.1136/jmg.2009.073544
Subject(s) - breast cancer , oncology , medicine , allele , snp , minor allele frequency , cancer , genetics , biology , single nucleotide polymorphism , genotype , allele frequency , gene
A study of Chinese women recently suggested that the minor allele of rs11655505 in the BRCA1 promoter (c.-2265C-->T) increases promoter activity and has a protective effect on breast cancer risk.

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