MicroRNA binding site polymorphisms as biomarkers in cancer management and research

Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-191

  Cipollini, Monica ^a   Landi, Stefano ^a   Gemignani, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 UTR target binding site; Biomarkers; Cancer risk; MiRSNP

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; FLUOROURACIL; MICRORNA; PROTEIN MDMX;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BINDING SITE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG RESPONSE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MDM4 GENE; ONCOGENE K RAS; OVARY CANCER; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 84904966095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PGPM.S61693     Document Type: Review

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