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The polymorphism interleukin-8 -251A/T is associated with a significantly increased risk of cancers from a meta-analysis.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Jul 2014
Wang Ziliang, Liu Yang, Yang Lina, Yin Sheng, Zang Rongyu, Yang Gong
Abstract excerpt
Emerging evidences show that interleukin-8 (IL-8) has important regulatory functions in tumorigenesis. IL-8 -251A/T is a single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of the IL-8 gene and affects IL-8 production. Analysis of previous studies on the association of -251A/T polymorphism with different cancer types remained to be illustrated. To further assess the effect of -251A/T polymorphism on cancer...
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