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Variants of chemokine receptor 2 and interleukin 4 receptor, but not interleukin 10 or Fas ligand, increase risk of cervical cancer.
International journal of cancer - 1 Dec 2007
Ivansson Emma L, Gustavsson Inger M, Magnusson Jessica J, Steiner Lori L, Magnusson Patrik K E, Erlich Henry A, Gyllensten Ulf B
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV). Most infected women clear the virus without developing cervical lesions and it is likely that immunological host factors affect susceptibility to cervical cancer. The impact of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus on the risk of cervical cancer is established and several other genes involved in immunological pathways...
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