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Interleukin 6, but not T helper 2 cytokines, promotes lung carcinogenesis.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Jan 2011
Ochoa Cesar E, Mirabolfathinejad Seyedeh Golsar, Ruiz Venado Ana, Evans Scott E, Gagea Mihai, Evans Christopher M, Dickey Burton F, Moghaddam Seyed Javad
Abstract excerpt
Several epidemiologic studies have found that smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory disease of the lung, have an increased risk of lung cancer compared with smokers without COPD. We have shown a causal role for COPD-like airway inflammation in lung cancer promotion in the CCSP(Cre)/LSL-K-ras(G12D) mouse model (CC-LR). In contrast, existing epidemiologic data do not suggest any...
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