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Association of interleukin-16 polymorphisms with disease progression and susceptibility in endometriosis.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2016
Azimzadeh P, Khorram Khorshid H R, Akhondi M M, Shirazi A
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-16 (IL-16) is a multifunctional pro-inflammatory cytokine that was previously found in association with complex disorders, and it is now cleared that this cytokine plays a critical role in regulation of cellular functions such as homoeostasis. Due to the complexity of endometriosis and its resemblance to cancer, we designed present case-control study to determine the effects of genetic polymorphisms...
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