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Interleukin-10 promoter variants predict HPV-positive tumors and survival of squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Jun 2013
Jin Lei, Sturgis Erich M, Cao Xiaolin, Song Xicheng, Salahuddin Taufiq, Wei Qingyi, Li Guojun
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) plays an important role in a host's defense against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. IL-10 promoter variants may affect its expression level or functional efficiency and, subsequently, susceptibility to and survival of HPV16-associated squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx (SCCOP). We determined tumor HPV16 DNA and genotyped three IL-10 promoter polymorphisms in 309 incident patients...
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