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Paget's disease of bone is not associated with common polymorphisms in interleukin-6, interleukin-8 and tumor necrosis factor alpha genes.
Cytokine - 1 Dec 2010
Corral-Gudino Luis, del Pino-Montes Javier, García-Aparicio Judit, Alonso-Garrido Manuel, González-Sarmiento Rogelio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cytokines, specially interleukin (IL)-6, play an important role in the differentiation and activation of osteoclasts and might be involved in osteoblast stimulation in Paget's disease of bone (PDB). OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of polymorphisms in IL-6, IL-8 and tumor necrosis factors-alpha (TNFA) genes among Spanish patients with PDB. METHODS: We studied four...
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