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SUBMITTER: Du Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3967081 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Du Yingying Y Hu Lixia L Kong Fanliang F Pan Yueyin Y
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine 20131120 3
The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a crucial mediator for the cellular effects of vitamin D. A great number of studies regarding the association between BsmI polymorphism in the VDR gene and breast cancer have been published. However, the results have been contradicting. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to re-examine the controversy. Published literatures from PubMed, Embase, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) were searched (updated to July 10, 2013). The principal outcome meas ...[more]