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Interleukin genes and associations with colon and rectal cancer risk and overall survival.
International journal of cancer - 15 Feb 2013
Bondurant Kristina L, Lundgreen Abbie, Herrick Jennifer S, Kadlubar Susan, Wolff Roger K, Slattery Martha L
Abstract excerpt
Interleukins are a group of cytokines that contribute to growth and differentiation, cell migration, and inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses by the immune system. In our study, we examined genetic variation in genes from various anti-inflammatory and proinflammatory interleukins to determine association with colon and rectal cancer risk and overall survival. Data from two population-based incident...
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