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Interleukin gene polymorphisms and breast cancer: a case control study and systematic literature review.
BMC cancer - 14 Jul 2006
Balasubramanian S P, Azmy I A F, Higham S E, Wilson A G, Cross S S, Cox A, Brown N J, Reed M W
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BACKGROUND: Interleukins and cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of many solid cancers. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified in cytokine genes are thought to influence the expression or function of these proteins and many have been evaluated for their role in inflammatory disease and cancer predisposition. The aim of this study was to evaluate any role of specific SNPs in the...
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