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.
- de Lima Junior, Sergio F
- Coelho, Antonio V. C.
- Marques, Tricia Ruschelle N. M.
- de Araujo, Diego Henrique T.
- Heraclio, Sandra de A.
- Ramos Amorim, Melania M.
- de Souza, Paulo Roberto E.
- Crovella, Sergio
Publication date
January 2016
DOI Publisher
Informa UK Limited ISSN
0301-4460 Citation count (estimate)
5Abstract
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) predisposes 500\u2009000 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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