1. Developmental Dyslexia and Genetic Mutations
... , an ERĪ²-specific agonist 2,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propionitrile (DPN) was able to induce DYX1C1 protein levels in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line. This estrogen-DYX1C1 complex has also been associated with breast cancer as demonstrated in similar studies done on the same cell lines in breast cancer research. (12) It would be interesting to study whether people with Dyslexia are less prone to ... breast cancer because the treatments such as Tamoxifen or Aramotase enzymes that breast cancer patients are given inhibit estrogen in the same way DYX1C1 snp's that lead to Dyslexia also inhibi...
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