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Association of a variant in the tumor necrosis factor alpha gene with risk of cervical cancer.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Feb 2021
Behboodi Negin, Farazestanian Marjaneh, Rastgar-Moghadam Azam, Mehramiz Mehrane, Karimi Ehsan, Rajabian Majid, Rahmani Farzad, Khorrami Shadi, Jafarian Amirhosein, Sharifi-Sistani Noorieh, Ferns Gordon A, Avan Amir, Hasanzadeh Malihe
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in the regulation of the immune system and potentially the progression of cervical neoplastic lesions. In this study, we aimed to explore the possible relationship between polymorphisms of the TNF-α gene and susceptibility to cervical cancer. The relationship between a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the TNF-α gene (rs1800629) and...
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