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Genetic association between selected cytokine genes and glioblastoma in the Han Chinese population.
BMC cancer - 12 May 2013
Jin Tianbo, Li Xiaolan, Zhang Jiayi, Wang Hong, Geng Tingting, Li Gang, Gao Guodong, Chen Chao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant brain tumor. Many abnormal secretion and expression of cytokines have been found in GBM, initially speculated that the occurrence of GBM may be involved in these abnormal secretion of cytokines. This study aims to detect the association of cytokine genes with GBM. METHODS: We selected seven tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) in six cytokine genes,...
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