Association of <it>CTLA-4 </it>gene polymorphisms with sporadic breast cancer in Chinese Han population
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The host immunogenetic background plays an important role in the development of breast cancer. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) is a molecule expressed predominantly on activated T cells and is important during the down-regu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-09-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/173 |