Evaluation of rs3102735 and rs2073617 Osteoprotegerin Gene Polymorphisms and the Risk of Childhood Acute lymphoblastic Leukemia in Zahedan Southeast Iran

Introduction: Osteoprotegerin (OPG), a soluble decoy receptor secreted by osteoblasts, binds RANK-L, preventing stimulation of osteoclastogenesis. In the present study we aimed to investigate the impact of OPG variants and susceptibility to childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in a sample of I...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hashemi, Mahboubeh Ebrahimi, Shadi Amininia, Majid Naderi, Ebrahim Eskandari-Nasab, Mohsen Taheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research
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Online Access:https://ijhoscr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijhoscr/article/view/405