• openAccess   Genetic variants in PARP1 (rs3219090) and IRF4 (rs12203592) genes associated with melanoma susceptibility in a Spanish population 

      Peña Chilet, María; Blanquer Maceiras, Maite; Ibarrola-Villava, Maider; Martinez-Cadenas, Conrado; Martín González, Manuel; Gómez Fernández, Cristina; Mayor, Matías; Avilés, Juan Antonio; Lluch , Ana; Ribas, Gloria BioMed Central (2013-03)
      Background Few high penetrance genes are known in Malignant Melanoma (MM), however, the involvement of low-penetrance genes such as MC1R, OCA2, ASIP, SLC45A2 and TYR has been observed. Lately, genome-wide association ...
    • closedAccess   Long telomere length and a TERT-CLPTM1 locus polymorphism association with melanoma risk 

      Llorca-Cardeñosa, Marta J.; Peña Chilet, María; Mayor, Matías; Gómez Fernández, Cristina; Casado, Beatriz; Martín González, Manuel; Carretero, Gregorio; Lluch , Ana; Martinez-Cadenas, Conrado; Ibarrola-Villava, Maider; Ribas, Gloria Elsevier (2014)
      Telomere length has been associated with the development of cancer. Studies have shown that shorter telomere length may be related to a decreased risk of cutaneous melanoma. Furthermore, deregulation of the telomere-maintaining ...