Genetic polymorphism and expression of HSF1 gene is significantly associated with breast cancer in Saudi females

• Sahar Almotwaa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohamed Elrobh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Huda AbdulKarim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources

  Affiliation Head of the Hematology/Oncology Unit at King Fahad Medical City Hospital, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohamed Alanazi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Sooad Aldaihan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Jilani Shaik,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Genome Research Chair, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Maha Arafa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Arjumand Sultan Warsy

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aswarsy@ksu.edu.sa

  Affiliation Senior Scientist, Central Laboratory, Center for Science and Medical Studies for Girls, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6957-203X

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