Article
The -590C/T polymorphism in the IL-4 gene and the risk of cancer: a meta-analysis.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Aug 2013
Zhang Jie, Xie Danli, Zhou Huaibin, Fan Runping, Zhang Longyi, Li Cixiu, Jin Sheng, Meng Qinghe, Lu Jianxin
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cancer. The -590C/T polymorphism in the IL-4 gene has been implicated in susceptibility to cancer, but the results have been inconclusive. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between this polymorphism with the risk of cancer by meta-analysis. PubMed, Embase, CNKI, and Wanfang databases were searched for all publications...
Topics
- Asian People
- Case-Control Studies
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interleukin-4
- Neoplasms
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Risk
