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Protective Role of IL7A-197 A/G Heterozygosity in the Development and Severity of Colorectal Cancer in the Bulgarian Population.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 11 Nov 2022
Aleksandrova Elina, Vlaykova Tatyana, Ananiev Julian, Gulubova Maya
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Background: Interleukin (IL)-17A and IL-17F, expressed mainly by a novel subset of CD-positive (+) T-helper (Th) cells of the immune system, has been closely related to inflammatory conditions underlying colorectal cancer pathogenesis. Accordingly, we conducted a case-control study to investigate the association of common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the IL17A and IL17F genes (rs2275913 and rs763780,...
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