Publications by authors named "Vladmir Costa Silva"
Association between matrix metalloproteinase-9 gene polymorphism and breast cancer in Brazilian women.
Victor Alves de Oliveira Diego Cipriano Chagas Jefferson Rodrigues Amorim Renato de Oliveira Pereira Thais Alves Nogueira Vladmir Costa Silva Felipe Cavalcanti Carneiro da Silva Benedito Borges da Silva
Clinics (Sao Paulo)
April 2021
Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship between rs17576 (MMP-9) polymorphism and increased cancer risk in a Brazilian breast cancer cohort.
Methods: This study included 141 women (71 breast cancer patients and 70 controls without breast cancer) who donated 3 mL of their peripheral blood for genomic DNA extraction. This DNA was then genotyped using a real-time polymerase chain reaction.