Open AccessThe association between rs1972820 and the risk of breast cancer in Isfahan population
Author(s) -
Narges Amel Zabihi,
Samira Sadeghi,
Hossein Tabatabaeian,
Kamran Ghaedi,
Mansoureh Azadeh,
Mohammad Fazilati
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.183202
Subject(s) - breast cancer , odds ratio , single nucleotide polymorphism , oncology , genotype , medicine , population , allele , snp , biology , genetics , cancer , gene , environmental health
A number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ERBB4 gene have been linked to increase the risk of breast cancer. However, no study has been dedicated to analyze the significance of microRNA-related SNP rs1972820, located in ERBB4 3'-untranslated region (UTR), in breast tumors.