Association of manganese superoxide dismutase gene polymorphism (Ala-9Val) and breast cancer in males and females Associação do polimorfismo do gene da superóxido dismutase dependente de manganês (Ala-9Val) em homens e mulheres com câncer de mama

• Main Authors: Claudia Giuliano Bica (Author), Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz (Author), Leonardo Leiria de Moura da Silva (Author), Nadima Vieira Toscani (Author), Cláudio Galleano Zettler (Author), Márcia Silveira Graudenz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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INTRODUCTION: One of the several metabolic pathways involved in breast carcinogenesis is the human polymorphism in the mitochondrial targeting sequence Ala-9Val of the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene, which has been previously associated with increased risk of breast cancer in females. S...