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SUBMITTER: Terry KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1380205 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Terry Kathryn L KL De Vivo Immaculata I Titus-Ernstoff Linda L Sluss Patrick M PM Cramer Daniel W DW
American journal of epidemiology 20050301 5
Evidence suggests a role for progesterone in ovarian cancer development. Progesterone exerts its effect on target cells by interacting with its receptor. Thus, genetic variations that may cause alterations in the biologic functions of the progesterone receptor can potentially contribute to individual susceptibility to ovarian cancer. Using a population-based, case-control study, the authors genotyped four polymorphisms in the progesterone receptor gene (+44C/T, +331G/A, G393G, V660L) and inferre ...[more]