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SUBMITTER: Bialkowska K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7395404 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Białkowska Katarzyna K Marciniak Wojciech W Muszyńska Magdalena M Baszuk Piotr P Gupta Satish S Jaworska-Bieniek Katarzyna K Sukiennicki Grzegorz G Durda Katarzyna K Gromowski Tomasz T Lener Marcin M Prajzendanc Karolina K Łukomska Alicja A Cybulski Cezary C Huzarski Tomasz T Gronwald Jacek J Dębniak Tadeusz T Lubiński Jan J Jakubowska Anna A
Hereditary cancer in clinical practice 20200731
<h4>Background</h4>Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and metallothioneins (MTs) are Zinc-related proteins which are involved in processes crucial for carcinogenesis such as angiogenesis, proliferation and apoptosis. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in MMPs and MTs that affect genes expression have been associated with cancer risk, including breast, lung and colon.<h4>Methods</h4>The study group consisted of 648 unselected patients (299 with breast cancer, 199 with lung cancer, 150 w ...[more]