[Since this variant allele creates an additional putative Sp-1 binding site (CCACC) in the promoter region, it is speculated that it enhances the transcription of CYP17, leading to the enhanced estrogens synthesis in breast tumors.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE