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Interleukin-13 gene polymorphisms at -1055 C/T and +2044 G/A positions in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck.
Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology - 1 Oct 2012
Khademi Bijan, Hashemi Seyed Basir, Ghaderi Abbass, Shahrestani Ali, Mohammadianpanah Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common malignancy that involves the upper aerodigestive tract. Interleukin-13 (IL-13) is an immunoregulatory cytokine that has been reported to have some polymorphisms in it gene associated with same disease especially asthma and allergy. The present study aimed to investigate whether the polymorphisms of IL-13 gene (at positions of 1055C/T in the promoter...
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