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Interleukin-10 -1082 gene polymorphism and susceptibility to cervical cancer among Japanese women.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Nov 2010
Matsumoto Koji, Oki Akinori, Satoh Toyomi, Okada Satoshi, Minaguchi Takeo, Onuki Mamiko, Ochi Hiroyuki, Nakao Sari, Sakurai Manabu, Abe Azusa, Hamada Hiromi, Yoshikawa Hiroyuki
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Polymorphisms in cytokine genes can influence immune responses to human papillomavirus infection, possibly modifying risks of cervical cancer. Using an amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction method, we analyzed a single nucleotide polymorphism (A/G) at position -1082 in interleukin-10 promoter region in 440 Japanese women: 173 women with normal cytology, 163 women with cervical...
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