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Lack of evidence for the association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter polymorphism with calcium oxalate stone and bladder cancer patients.
Urological research - 1 Dec 2001
Tsai F J, Lu H F, Yeh L S, Hsu C D, Chen W C
Abstract excerpt
Urinary stone disease and bladder cancer are two of the most commonly seen urologic diseases in Taiwan. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is one of the cytokines secreted by macrophages and is related to a sequence of events in response to inflammation and cancer formation. We investigated the polymorphism of the TNF-alpha gene promoter -308 as a genetic marker in searching for the association between these...
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