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SUBMITTER: Narita N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2527333 | biostudies-literature | 2008
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Narita Naofumi N Yuasa Takeshi T Tsuchiya Norihiko N Kumazawa Teruaki T Narita Shintaro S Inoue Takamitsu T Ma Zhiyong Z Saito Mitsuru M Horikawa Yohei Y Satoh Shigeru S Ogawa Osamu O Habuchi Tomonori T
BMC cancer 20080806
<h4>Background</h4>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of osteoprotegerin gene (OPG) polymorphisms as genetic modifiers in the etiology of prostate cancer (PCa) and disease progression.<h4>Methods</h4>Three hundred and sixty one patients with PCa and 195 normal controls were enrolled in the study, and two genetic polymorphisms, 149 T/C and 950 T/C in the putative promoter region of OPG, were genotyped.<h4>Results</h4>There was no significant difference in the genotype frequencies ...[more]