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Could age modify the effect of genetic variants in IL6 and TNF-α genes in multiple myeloma?
Leukemia research - 1 May 2012
Martino Alessandro, Buda Gabriele, Maggini Valentina, Lapi Francesco, Lupia Antonella, Di Bello Domenica, Orciuolo Enrico, Galimberti Sara, Barale Roberto, Petrini Mario, Rossi Anna Maria
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Cytokines play a central role in multiple myeloma (MM) pathogenesis thus genetic variations within cytokines coding genes could influence MM susceptibility and therapy outcome. We investigated the impact of 8 SNPs in these genes in 202 MM cases and 235 controls also evaluating their impact on therapy outcome in a subset of 91 patients. Despite the overall negative findings, we found a significant age-modified...
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