Article
Interaction analysis of IL-12A and IL-12B polymorphisms with the risk of colorectal cancer.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Dec 2015
Sun Ruifen, Jia Fu, Liang Yundan, Li Lijuan, Bai Peng, Yuan Fang, Gao Linbo, Zhang Lin
Abstract excerpt
IL-12 is an antitumor cytokine with functions of inhibiting tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis, indicating that IL-12 is a promising candidate for cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of IL-12A rs568408, IL-12A rs2243115, and IL-12B rs3212227 with the susceptibility to colorectal cancer (CRC). Two hundred and fifty-seven histopathologically confirmed CRC patients and 236...
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