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Implication of Soluble HLA-G and HLA-G +3142G/C Polymorphism in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Therapy in Tanzania.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Nov 2019
Adolf Ismael Chatita, Akan Gokce, Mselle Teddy F, Dharsee Nazima, Namkinga Lucy A, Atalar Fatmahan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: During cancer growth, immunosuppressive microenvironment is created that enables tumour cells to evade an eliminative immune response and hence manage to grow into malignancy. HLA-G, existing as either membrane-bound (mHLA-G) or soluble (sHLA-G) molecule is thought to be immunosuppressive and produced more by tumor cells. The +3142G/C polymorphism in HLA-G gene affects its expression, and G allele is...
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