Comment re: Vitamin E transport gene variants and prostate cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 69, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6756-

  Zingg, Jean Marc ^a   Azzi, Angelo ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE;

CANCER CELL; CANCER RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 69249107249     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-0535     Document Type: Letter

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