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Interleukin-22 genetic polymorphisms and risk of colon cancer.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Aug 2010
Thompson Cheryl L, Plummer Sarah J, Tucker Thomas C, Casey Graham, Li Li
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is a member of the IL-10 family of anti-inflammatory cytokines that mediates epithelial immunity. IL-22 expression is enhanced in inflamed colon mucosa in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease. We carried out an association study to examine the hypothesis that common variation in the IL-22 gene is associated with risk of colon cancer. Seven tagging SNPs were genotyped in 561 colon...
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