Telomere length shows no association with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Killick, Emma ^a,b   Tymrakiewicz, Malgorzata ^b   Cieza Borrella, Clara ^c   Smith, Paula ^d   Thompson, Deborah J ^d   Pooley, Karen A ^d   Easton, Doug F ^d   Bancroft, Elizabeth ^e   Page, Elizabeth ^b   Leongamornlert, Daniel ^b   Kote Jarai, Zsofia ^b   Eeles, Rosalind A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOMES AND CHROMOSOMAL PHENOMENA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELOMERE LENGTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84900422907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086659     Document Type: Article

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