BACKGROUND: Common genetic variants in immune and inflammatory response genes
can affect the risk of developing oral cancer. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an immunosuppressive …

PURPOSE: The relationship between aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) exposure and hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) has been previously demonstrated and supported with strong epidemiological …

Objective Long-term untreated vision and hearing impairments can negatively impact physical
and mental wellbeing. We investigated the association of vision and hearing status with …

Background. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is multifactorial, and the genetic
background may be a crucial etiologic factor. Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a multifunctional …

Objective. Results from studies of the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)
insertion/deletion (I/D) gene polymorphism and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)/…

Inflammation, characterized by the recruitment and adhesion of circulating leukocytes by
cellular adhesion molecules, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. …

The present study was performed to evaluate the association of WNT signaling pathway
genes variants with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) risk in Chinese Han population. Our study …

Inflammation has recently proven to be associated with the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
and inflammatory genes are good candidates for the risk of developing atherosclerosis. The …

Background and objective: Many studies have been conducted to investigate the
association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion (I)/deletion (D) gene …

To identify the variations in pediatric renal biopsy pathology and clinicopathological features
in Guangxi, China, in the past ten years, we studied retrospectively the kidney biopsies …