Polymorphic Variation of Genes in the Fibrinolytic System and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer
Bentov Y, Brown TJ, Akbari MR, Royer R, Risch H, Rosen B, McLaughlin J, Sun P, Zhang S, Narod SA, Casper RF. Polymorphic Variation of Genes in the Fibrinolytic System and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer. PLOS ONE 2009, 4: e5918. PMID: 19526059, PMCID: PMC2691597, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancerSingle nucleotide polymorphismsCandidate genesFibrinolytic systemGenesFunctional variantsFunctional SNPsNucleotide polymorphismsPolymorphic variationBlood clot degradationOvarian cancer casesFunctional effectsSNPsHistologic subgroupsRetrograde menstruationCancer casesClot degradationGenotype distributionBlood clotsSignificant associationCancerFibrin productsGermlineInefficient removalRisk