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Cancer cachexia is associated with the IL10 -1082 gene promoter polymorphism in patients with gastroesophageal malignancy.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Apr 2009
Deans D A Chris, Tan Benjamin H L, Ross James A, Rose-Zerilli Matthew, Wigmore Stephen J, Howell W Martin, Grimble Robert F, Fearon Kenneth C H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genetic predisposition of the host to local or systemic inflammation may contribute to the effect of cancer cachexia. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the relation between cytokine polymorphisms (IL1B -511, IL6 -174, IL10 -1082, TNFA -308, and LTA +252) and markers of nutritional status among patients with gastroesophageal cancer to determine whether any such association was reflected by cytokine...
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