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Association of interleukin-10 (IL10) promoter genotypes with nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk in Taiwan.
Anticancer research - 1 Aug 2013
Tsai Chia-Wen, Tsai Ming-Hsui, Shih Liang-Chun, Chang Wen-Shin, Lin Cheng-Chieh, Bau Da-Tian
Abstract excerpt
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a multifactorial type of cancer, and cytokines driving the immune response seem to be disturbed in patients with NPC. Interleukin-10 (IL10) is an immunosuppressive cytokine which may facilitate carcinogenesis by down-regulating interferon-gamma production and supporting tumor escape from the immune response. We propose that differential expression levels of IL10 among individuals...
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