BAX gene (-248 G > A) polymorphism in a sample of patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer in the Federal District, Brazil.
Ligia C A Cardoso-DuarteCaroline Ferreira FratelliAlexandre S R PereiraJéssica Nayane Gomes de SouzaRenata de Souza FreitasRafael Martins de MoraisAlaor Barra SobrinhoCalliandra Maria de Souza SilvaJamila Reis de OliveiraDiêgo Madureira de OliveiraIzabel Cristina Rodrigues Da SilvaPublished in: The International journal of biological markers (2021)
BAX (-248 G > A) GG genotype carriers, or at least one mutated allele, was associated with papillary thyroid cancer in the Brazilian population studied, and the G allele presence is considered a protective factor against papillary thyroid cancer occurrence.