Title : Association of prostate cancer risk and aggressiveness to androgen pathway genes: SRD5A2, CYP17, and the AR.

Pub. Date : 2004 Apr 1

PMID : 14991867






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1 BACKGROUND: The prostate is an androgen-regulated organ and polymorphisms in genes involved in testosterone synthesis, in particular, SRD5A2 (A49T and V89L variants), CYP17 (MspAI variant), and the AR (CAG, GGC repeats), represent candidate risk factors for prostate cancer incidence and aggressiveness. Testosterone steroid 5 alpha-reductase 2 Homo sapiens