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Genetically Predicted Circulating Levels of Cytokines and the Risk of Cancer.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2022
Song Jie, Li Aole, Qian Yu, Liu Bin, Lv Linshuoshuo, Ye Ding, Sun Xiaohui, Mao Yingying
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Background: Inflammation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of cancer. Though previous studies have reported a link between several inflammatory biomarkers and risk of certain types of cancer, there is a lack of systematic investigation. Therefore, we aimed to assess the role of circulating cytokines on the risk of cancer using a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. Method: We used genetic...
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