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SUBMITTER: Nguyen-Dien GT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4287891 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nguyen-Dien Giang T GT Smith Robert A RA Haupt Larisa M LM Griffiths Lyn R LR Nguyen Hue T HT
Meta gene 20140328
Breast cancer is the cancer that most commonly affects women worldwide. This type of cancer is genetically complex, but is strongly linked to steroid hormone signaling systems. Because microRNAs act as translational regulators of multiple genes, including the steroid nuclear receptors, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in microRNA genes can have potentially wide-ranging influences on breast cancer development. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the relationships between six SNPs ...[more]