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Association of an interleukin-16 gene polymorphism with the risk and pain phenotype of endometriosis.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Nov 2010
Gan Xiao-Ling, Lin Yong-Hong, Zhang Yi, Yu Ting-He, Hu Li-Na
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-16 (IL-16), a proinflammatory cytokine, plays a pivotal role in inflammatory diseases as well as in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of IL-16 gene polymorphisms with the risk and clinical phenotypes of endometriosis in Chinese women. We analyzed rs4778889 T/C, rs11556218 T/G polymorphisms of the IL-16 gene in 230 patients with endometriosis and...
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