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    Nat Genet. 2002 Dec;32(4):581-3. Epub 2002 Nov 4.

    RNASEL Arg462Gln variant is implicated in up to 13% of prostate cancer cases.

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    Department of Cancer Biology, ND50, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. caseyg@ccf.org

    Abstract

    RNASEL (encoding ribonuclease L) has recently been proposed as a candidate for the hereditary prostate cancer (HPC1) gene. We determined that the RNASEL variant Arg462Gln has three times less enzymatic activity than the wildtype and is significantly associated with prostate cancer risk (P = 0.007). At least one copy of the mutated allele that causes this substitution is carried by nearly 60% of the men in our study. Men that are heterozygous with respect to the mutated allele have 50% greater risk of prostate cancer than non-carriers, and homozygotes have more than double the risk.

    PMID:
    12415269
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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