Associations Between Sun Sensitive Pigmentary Genes and Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Levels

March 2018 in “ PloS one ”

Visalini Nair‐Shalliker, Sam Egger, Agata Chrzanowska, Rebecca S. Mason, Louise M. Waite, David Le Couteur, Markus J. Seibel, David J. Handelsman, Robert Cumming, David P. Smith, Bruce K. Armstrong

androgens MC1R ASIP SLC45A2 prostate specific antigen PSA melanoma-associated pigmentary genes

Studysummary This study found that among men over 70, certain genetic variants associated with skin pigmentation affect serum PSA levels, with implications for how sun sensitivity and exposure may influence prostate cancer risk.

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