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Cytokine genetic polymorphisms and prostate cancer aggressiveness.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 2009
Zabaleta Jovanny, Su L Joseph, Lin Hui-Yi, Sierra Rosa A, Hall M Craig, Sartor A Oliver, Clark Peter E, Hu Jennifer J, Ochoa Augusto C
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in the world. Inflammation has been described as a risk factor for PCa and depends on the production of cytokines in response to tissue damage or the presence of stimuli that induces cellular stress. Interindividual variation in cytokine production is partially controlled by single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that have been associated with differential...
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