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Interleukin-8 gene polymorphism associated with susceptibility to non-cardia gastric carcinoma with microsatellite instability.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jul 2006
Shirai Kennosuke, Ohmiya Naoki, Taguchi Ayumu, Mabuchi Nobuyuki, Yatsuya Hiroshi, Itoh Akihiro, Hirooka Yoshiki, Niwa Yasumasa, Mori Naoyoshi, Goto Hidemi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Gastric carcinoma (GC) with microsatellite instability (MSI) exhibits clinicopathological characteristics distinct from microsatellite-stable (MSS) GC. Both MSI and MSS carcinomas are mostly associated with chronic gastritis infected by Helicobacter pylori (Hp). The relationship between Hp-induced inflammation and the mutator pathway of MSI remains unclear. Recently, cytokine polymorphisms...
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