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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Main Authors: Li Heng, Fu Zhenkun, Li Dalin, Wang Lihong, Jiang Wei, Li Dianjun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-09-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/173