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Polymorphisms of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter predict for outcome after thalidomide therapy in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.
Blood - 15 Sept 2002
Neben Kai, Mytilineos Joannis, Moehler Thomas M, Preiss Astrid, Kraemer Alwin, Ho Anthony D, Opelz Gerhard, Goldschmidt Hartmut
Abstract excerpt
Thalidomide (Thal) is a drug with antiangiogenic, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties that was found to inhibit the production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in vitro. We studied single nucleotide polymorphisms at positions -308 and -238 of the TNF-alpha gene promoter a...
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