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Association of interleukin-8 gene polymorphism with cachexia from patients with gastric cancer.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Jan 2010
Bo Song, Dianliang Zhang, Hongmei Zheng, Xinxiang Wang, Yanbing Zhou, Xiaobo Liu
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-8 has been implicated in a wide range of diseases. The polymorphism of IL-8 gene, which may affect the production level of the cytokine, may be associated with cancer cachexia. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the potential influence of the polymorphisms of the IL-8 gene, -251 A/T and +781 C/T, on susceptibility to cachexia from patients with gastric cancer in a Chinese population, using...
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