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Interleukin 6 -174G>C polymorphism and cancer risk: meta-analysis reveals a site dependent differential influence in Ancestral North Indians.
Human immunology - 1 Aug 2014
Joshi Narendra, Kannan Sadhana, Kotian Nirupama, Bhat Shreyas, Kale Mithila, Hake Sujata
Abstract excerpt
In our earlier studies, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with anti-inflammatory cytokines were found to influence risk for breast cancer in western Indian women. Analysis of Interleukin 6 (IL-6) -174G>C polymorphism in this cohort (patients = 182; controls = 236) suggested a protective role for IL-6 -174C allele associated with the lower expression of the cytokine (OR = 0.54; 95% CI 0.32-0.89,...
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