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Relationship between gene polymorphisms of two cytokine genes (TNF-α and IL-6) and occurring of lung cancers in the ethnic group Han of China.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Feb 2013
Liang Jing, Liu Xiaolin, Bi Zhenqiang, Yin Beibei, Xiao Junjuan, Liu Hairong, Li Yan
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a cytokine involved in inflammation and TNF-α might be synthesized ectopically in malignant tumors. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an interleukin that acts as both a pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine. The present study is to investigate the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of the TNF-α and IL-6 genes and susceptibility to lung cancers in the ethnic group Han of...
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