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Association of TNF-alpha and TNFR1 promoters and 3' UTR region of TNFR2 gene polymorphisms with genetic susceptibility to tobacco-related oral carcinoma in Asian Indians.
Oral oncology - 1 May 2008
Gupta Reeshu, Sharma Suresh C, Das Satya N
Abstract excerpt
Tobacco-related oral squamous cell carcinoma is a common malignancy in Asian people. It accounts for almost 40% of cancers among Indian men and 3% in the Western world. Smokeless tobacco has been shown to induce tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), which, along with its receptors, is over-expressed in people with oral carcinoma. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TNF-alpha and TNF receptor genes may...
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