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Association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter variants with risk of HPV-associated oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Molecular cancer - 19 Jul 2013
Jin Lei, Sturgis Erich M, Zhang Yang, Huang Zhigang, Song Xicheng, Li Chao, Wei Qingyi, Li Guojun
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BACKGROUND: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) plays an important role in inflammation, immunity, and defense against infection and clearance of human papillomavirus (HPV). Thus, genetic variants may modulate individual susceptibility to HPV-associated oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). METHODS: In this study we genotyped four common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the TNF-α promoter [...
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