“…It is therefore implicated in regulation of gene expression and DNA protein interactions, resulting in a defective protein (Mattick, 1994(Mattick, , 2004. The intron 3 duplication have been correlated with an increased risk of various cancers, including the ovary (Runnebaum et al, 1995), lung (Wu et al, 2002), colon (Gemignani et al, 2004) and breast (Costa et al, 2008). Association of PIN3 Ins16bp polymorphism with higher incidence of lymph node metastases has also been reported (Costa et al, 2008;Hrstka et al, 2009).…”