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Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 H6D polymorphism, prostate cancer risk, and survival.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jun 2006
Hayes Vanessa M, Severi Gianluca, Southey Melissa C, Padilla Emma J D, English Dallas R, Hopper John L, Giles Graham G, Sutherland Robert L
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Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1), a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, is important in regulating inflammation. Inflammation of the prostate has been suggested to favor tumor development. A recent study (JNCI 2004, 96:1248-1254) found marginal evidence of an associ...
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