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SUBMITTER: Xu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC378627 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Jianfeng J Zheng S Lilly SL Komiya Akira A Mychaleckyj Josyf C JC Isaacs Sarah D SD Chang Baoli B Turner Aubrey R AR Ewing Charles M CM Wiley Kathleen E KE Hawkins Gregory A GA Bleecker Eugene R ER Walsh Patrick C PC Meyers Deborah A DA Isaacs William B WB
American journal of human genetics 20021206 1
Rare germline mutations of macrophage scavenger receptor 1 (MSR1) gene were reported to be associated with prostate cancer risk in families with hereditary prostate cancer (HPC) and in patients with non-HPC (Xu et al. 2002). To further evaluate the role of MSR1 in prostate cancer susceptibility, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, we studied five common variants of MSR1 in 301 patients with non-HPC who underwent prostate cancer treatment and in 250 control subjects who participated in prostate cancer-scr ...[more]