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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
The p53 gene is polymorphic at amino acid 72 of the protein that it encodes. It has been reported that patients with the arginine form have a higher risk of developing other forms of cancer than those with the proline form. The purpose of this study was to examine whether p53 Arg at the polymorphic position 72 could represent a risk factor for women with breast lesions. The study population included 56 biopsies from patients with breast lesions. Also, 61 normal blood samples were used as controls. There was a difference in the distribution of p53 genotypes between breast cancer lesions and the normal samples. The allele frequency of p53 Arg/Arg was much higher than that of the normal samples (61% versus 20%). Based on the findings of this study, it is suggested that p53 Arg homozygosity could represent a risk factor for the tumorigenesis of the breast.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1522-4724
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
389-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
p53 codon 72 polymorphism as a risk factor in the development of breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Virology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, 71409, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article