Peripheral blood mitochondrial DNA copy number is associated with prostate cancer risk and tumor burden.

Peripheral blood mitochondrial DNA copy number is associated with prostate cancer risk and tumor burden.

Alterations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been associated with the risk of a number of human cancers; however, the relationship between mtDNA copy number in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) and the risk of prostate cancer (PCa) has not been investigated. In a case-control study of 196 PCa pati...

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Main Authors: Weimin Zhou, Min Zhu, Ming Gui, Lihua Huang, Zhi Long, Li Wang, Hui Chen, Yinghao Yin, Xianzhen Jiang, Yingbo Dai, Yuxin Tang, Leye He, Kuangbiao Zhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4184876?pdf=render

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