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Genetic polymorphisms of interleukin-1B (IL-1B), IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 and risk of prostate cancer.
Cancer research - 15 Apr 2006
Michaud Dominique S, Daugherty Sarah E, Berndt Sonja I, Platz Elizabeth A, Yeager Meredith, Crawford E David, Hsing Ann, Huang Wen-Yi, Hayes Richard B
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Chronic intraprostatic inflammation is suspected to play a role in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer. Polymorphisms in cytokine genes can influence inflammation and immune response and may be related to the risk of prostate cancer. Four common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes...
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