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Breast cancer is major cause of morbidity and mortality globally and the incidence appears to be rising faster in population groups that hitherto experience lower incidence. This case control study recruiting 250 women with breast cancer and 250 age-matched controls from four Un…

The transcriptional co-activator PGC-1a is widely accepted as the “master regulator” of mitochondrial biogenesis – an increase in mitochondrial content – and much research has been devoted to understanding PGC-1a’s role in mitochondrial remodeling. However, several studies have …