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Strong association of interleukin-6 -174 G>C promoter polymorphism with increased risk of oral cancer.
The International journal of biological markers - 1 Jan 2000
Vairaktaris E, Yiannopoulos A, Vylliotis A, Yapijakis C, Derka S, Vassiliou S, Nkenke E, Serefoglou Z, Ragos V, Tsigris C, Vorris E, Critselis E, Avgoustidis D, Neukam F W, Patsouris E
Abstract excerpt
In view of the recently found contribution of factors associated with thrombosis and inflammation to carcinogenesis, we investigated the possible association of interleukin-6 (IL-6) with an increased risk of oral cancer. In DNA samples of 162 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and 156 healthy controls of comparable ethnicity, age and sex, we studied the -174 G>C polymorphism in the IL-6 gene, which...
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