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Association between interleukin-4R and TGF-β1 gene polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal cancer in a Korean population.
Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland - 1 Dec 2010
Lee Y S, Choi H B, Lee I K, Kim T G, Oh S T
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AIM: Colorectal cancer is associated with inflammatory bowel disease. The mechanisms of how different genetic make-ups of cytokines might influence the individual susceptibility to develop particular types of tumours are still unknown. The authors analysed the association between genetic polymorphisms in cytokine/cytokine receptor genes and the risk of colorectal cancer in a Korean population. METHOD: The authors...
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