Rashin Ganjali
Immunogenetic and Cell Culture Department, Immunology Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
[ 1 ] - Lack of an Association between a Functional Polymorphism in the MDM2 Promoter and Breast Cancer in Women in Northeast Iran
Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide. Tumor protein 53 (TP53) and its regulator the mouse double murine 2 (MDM2) have important roles in tumorigenesis by playing key roles in cell division and response to DNA damage. MDM2 SNP309 T>G (rs2279744) polymorphism in the promoter region of MDM2 gene can cause dysfunction and inactivation of TP53 which promo...