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IL23R +2199A/C polymorphism is associated with decreased risk of certain subtypes of gastric cancer in Chinese: a case-control study.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Apr 2011
Chen Bin, Zeng Zhirong, Xu Lixia, Wu Xiaoqin, Yu Jun, Xue Ling, Hao Yuantao, Wang Yiming, Sung Joseph J Y, Chen Minhu, Hu Pinjin
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UNLABELLED: Today, the causal relationship between inflammation and gastric cancer is more widely accepted. Genetic variations in inflammation-related genes especially cytokines and their receptors, were thought to partly determine the outcome of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and progression of gastric lesions. Interleukin 23 receptor (IL23R), as a key cytokine receptor gene in the important...
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