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Association of interleukin-23 receptor gene polymorphisms with risk of bladder cancer in Chinese.
Familial cancer - 1 Dec 2014
Tang Tielong, Xue Hui, Cui Shu, Gong Zhiyong, Fei Zhonghai, Cheng Shulin, Gui Chunyan
Abstract excerpt
To assess whether polymorphisms of the interleukin-23 receptor (IL23R) gene are associated with bladder transitional cell carcinoma because chronic inflammation contributes to bladder cancer and the IL23R is known to be critically involved in the carcinogenesis of various malignant tumors. 226 patients with bladder cancer and 270 age-matched controls were involved in the study. Polymerase chain...
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