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Tumor necrosis factor alpha and beta and interferon gamma gene polymorphisms in Turkish breast cancer patients.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Jun 2011
Karakus Nevin, Kara Nurten, Ulusoy Ali Naki, Ozaslan Cihangir, Bek Yüksel
Abstract excerpt
Cytokine genes are important for researching cancer predisposition to cancers that elicit anti-tumor immune response. In this study, we investigated the association between breast cancer and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) -308 (G>A), TNF-β +252 (A>G), and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) +874 (T>A) gene polymorphisms in a Turkish population. This study involved 204 female breast cancer patients and 204 healthy...
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