Association of short tandem repeat polymorphism in the promoter of prostate cancer antigen 3 gene with the risk of prostate cancer.

BACKGROUND: PCA3 (prostate cancer antigen 3) gene is one of the most prostate cancer-specific genes at present. Consequently, the prostate-specific expression and the sharp up-regulation of PCA3 mRNA in prostate cancer suggest a unique transcriptional regulation, which possibly can be attributed to...

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Main Authors: Wu Zhou, Zhanguo Chen, Wangqiang Hu, Mo Shen, Xiaoxia Zhang, Chengdi Li, Zhiliang Wen, Xiuling Wu, Yuanping Hu, Xiaohua Zhang, Xiuzhi Duan, Xiucui Han, Zhihua Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3105025?pdf=render