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A meta-analysis of interleukin-6 promoter polymorphisms on risk of hip and knee osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 May 2010
Valdes A M, Arden N K, Tamm A, Kisand K, Doherty S, Pola E, Cooper C, Tamm A, Muir K R, Kerna I, Hart D, O'Neil F, Zhang W, Spector T D, Maciewicz R A, Doherty M
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OBJECTIVE: Interleukin-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). We investigated the role of two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) mapping to the promoter of the IL-6 gene on genetic susceptibility to hip and knee OA. METHODS: The -174G/C (rs180079...
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