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Impact of CCL4 gene polymorphisms and environmental factors on oral cancer development and clinical characteristics.
Oncotarget - 9 May 2017
Lien Ming-Yu, Lin Chiao-Wen, Tsai Hsiao-Chi, Chen Yng-Tay, Tsai Ming-Hsui, Hua Chun-Hung, Yang Shun-Fa, Tang Chih-Hsin
Abstract excerpt
In Taiwan, oral cancer has causally been associated with environmental carcinogens. CCL4 (C-C chemokine ligand 4), a macrophage inflammatory protein with a key role in inflammation and immune-regulation, was implicated in carcinogenesis by facilitating instability in the tumor environment. The purpose of this study was to identify gene polymorphisms of CCL4 specific to patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma...
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