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Association of interleukin 16 gene polymorphisms and plasma IL16 level with osteosarcoma risk.
Scientific reports - 5 Oct 2016
Tang Yu-Jin, Wang Jun-Li, Xie Ke-Gong, Lan Chang-Gong
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL) 16 plays a key role in inflammatory diseases as well as in tumorigenesis of osteosarcoma (OS). The aim of this study was to investigate the association of IL16 polymorphisms and plasma IL16 level with OS risk in a Chinese population. We genotyped IL16 rs4778889, rs11556218, and rs4072111 in 358 patients with OS and 402 controls using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length...
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