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The involvement of IL-10, IL-6, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and TGF-beta gene polymorphisms among Turkish lung cancer patients.
Cell biochemistry and function - 1 Apr 2008
Colakogullari Mukaddes, Ulukaya Engin, Yilmaztepe Oral Arzu, Aymak Figen, Basturk Bilkay, Ursavas Ahmet, Oral H Barbaros
Abstract excerpt
Several genes encoding different cytokines may play crucial roles in host susceptibility to lung cancer, since cytokine production capacity varies among individuals and depends on cytokine gene polymorphisms. The association between cytokine gene polymorphisms with primary lung carcinoma was investigated. DNA samples were obtained from a Turkish population of 44 patients with primary lung cancer, and 59 healthy...
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