Association between acromegaly and a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2854744) in the IGFBP3 gene

• Main Authors: Ming Gao (Author), Bin Zhu (Author), Zhe Xu (Author), Shujun Liu (Author), Jiajia Liu (Author), Guojun Zhang (Author), Yang Gao (Author), Yubo Fan (Author), Xixiong Kang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background It has been reported that the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2854744 at the − 202 locus of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP3) is associated with serum levels and a number of malignancies. However, the effect of IGFBP3 gene polymorphism on acromegaly is...