Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Study results from Harbin Medical University, Department of Immunology in the area of breast cancer risk factors published
Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, April 19th, 2010
Research findings, 'Association of BTLA gene polymorphisms with the risk of malignant breast cancer in Chinese women of Heilongjiang Province,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from Harbin, People's Republic of China, "B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) is an immunoinhibitory receptor with the ability to deliver inhibitory signals for suppressing lymphocyte activation. To identify the influences of BTLA gene polymorphisms on the risk of sporadic breast cancer, a case-control study was conducted in women from northeast of China, Heilongjiang Province."
"We genotyped five SNPs (rs9288952, rs2931761, rs2633562, rs2705535 and rs1844089) in BTLA...
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