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Association of Prolactin and Its Receptor Gene Regions with Familial Breast Cancer

Annika Vaclavicek, Kari Hemminki, Claus R. Bartram, Kerstin Wagner, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Alfons Meindl, Rita K. Schmutzler, Rüdiger Klaes, Michael Untch, Barbara Burwinkel,

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2006 · 65 citations · 18 references

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Genetic variation in the PRL and PRLR genes was shown to influence BC risk. Additional studies are needed to further clarify the role of the PRL and PRLR genes in the risk of BC.

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Haploview: analysis and visualization of LD and haplotype maps

Jeffrey C. Barrett, Ben Fry, Julian Maller et al. · Bioinformatics · 2004 · 14.5K citations · Full text

Gene expression patterns of breast carcinomas distinguish tumor subclasses with clinical implications

Thérese Sørlie, Charles M. Perou, Robert Tibshirani et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 10.8K citations · Full text

Plasma Prolactin Levels and Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women

Susan E. Hankinson, Walter C. Willett, Dominique S. Michaud et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 1999 · 299 citations · Full text

Nonpituitary human prolactin gene transcription is independent of Pit-1 and differentially controlled in lymphocytes and in endometrial stroma.

Birgit Gellersen, Rita Kempf, Ralph Telgmann et al. · Molecular Endocrinology · 1994 · 236 citations · Full text

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Polygenic inheritance of breast cancer: Implications for design of association studies

Antonis C. Antoniou, Douglas F. Easton · Genetic Epidemiology · 2003 · 233 citations