Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha and interleukin (IL) 18 genes polymorphisms are correlated with susceptibility to HPV infection in patients with and without cervical intraepithelial lesion
Mansur Tavares, Mayara C.
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de Lima Junior, Sergio F
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Coelho, Antonio V. C.
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CROVELLA, SERGIO
2016
Periodico
ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
Abstract
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) predisposes 500 000 women to cervical cancer. Host genetic background may facilitate virus persistence in the uterine cervix. Polymorphisms in regulatory and coding regions of cytokine genes have been associated with susceptibility to some human diseases.
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