Article
Significant association between IL-32 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to endometrial cancer in Chinese Han women.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Jul 2015
Yu Xiuzhang, Zhou Bin, Zhang Zhu, Gao Qianqian, Wang Yanyun, Song Yaping, Pu Yan, Chen Yue, Duan Ruiqi, Zhang Lin, Xi Mingrong
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-32 (IL-32), a pro-inflammatory chemokine, has been reported to be involved in inflammatory, infectious diseases and even cancers. This study aimed to investigate whether two genetic variants (rs28372698 and rs12934561) of IL-32 were associated with susceptibility to endometrial cancer (EC) in Chinese Han women by a hospital-based study with 272 EC patients and 337 healthy controls. Our results showed...
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