Vitamin D receptor Cdx-2 polymorphism and premenopausal breast cancer risk in southern Pakistani patients.
Vitamin D3 is a secoster oid that exerts its effect by binding to its nuclear receptor called vitamin D receptor (VDR), inducing apoptosis and thereby inhibiting cell proliferation in cancer cells. The VDR receptor, located in the nucleus, is known to regulate the functions of over 200 genes. Variou...
Main Authors: | Mehr un Nisa Iqbal, Taseer Ahmed Khan, Syed Amir Maqbool |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4370503?pdf=render |
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