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SUBMITTER: Yaspan BL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2805128 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yaspan Brian L BL Breyer Joan P JP Cai Qiuyin Q Dai Qi Q Elmore J Bradford JB Amundson Isaac I Bradley Kevin M KM Shu Xiao-Ou XO Gao Yu-Tang YT Dupont William D WD Zheng Wei W Smith Jeffrey R JR
Cancer research 20070601 12
The CYP11A1 gene encodes the cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme that catalyzes the initial and rate-limiting step of steroidogenesis. A large number of epidemiologic studies have implicated the duration and degree of endogenous estrogen exposure in the development of breast cancer in women. Here, we conduct a systematic investigation of the role of genetic variation of the CYP11A1 gene in breast cancer risk in a study of 1193 breast cancer cases and 1310 matched controls from the Shanghai Br ...[more]