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Interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and interleukin-6 plasma levels and cytokine gene polymorphisms in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: correlation with prognostic parameters.
Haematologica - 1 Jun 2000
Hulkkonen J, Vilpo J, Vilpo L, Koski T, Hurme M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The growth of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) cells has been shown to be dependent on exogenous growth factors in vitro. We wanted to evaluate the clinical relevance of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1 beta and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in B-CLL. As the plasma levels of IL-6, IL-1 beta and IL-1Ra have been suggested to be partly dependent on gene polymorphism, the...
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