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SynthesisTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2013

The -590C/T polymorphism in the IL-4 gene and the risk of cancer: a meta-analysis.

Jie Zhang, Danli Xie, Huaibin Zhou, Runping Fan, Longyi Zhang, Cixiu Li, Sheng Jin, Qinghe Meng, Jianxin Lu

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Synthesis in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Association between four SNPs in IL-4 and the risk of gastric cancer in a Chinese population.International journal of molecular epidemiology and genetics · 2017
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie ZhangKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Danli Xie
Huaibin Zhou
Runping Fan
Longyi Zhang
Cixiu Li
Sheng Jin
Qinghe Meng
Jianxin Lu
Wenzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-4 (IL-4) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cancer. The -590C/T polymorphism in the IL-4 gene has been implicated in susceptibility to cancer, but the results have been inconclusive. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between this polymorphism with the risk of cancer by meta-analysis. PubMed, Embase, CNKI, and Wanfang databases were searched for all publications concerning the association between this polymorphism and cancer risk. Statistical analyses were analyzed by using RevMan 4.2 and STATA10.0 softwares. A total of 8,715 cases and 9,532 controls in 23 case-control studies were included. The results suggested that there was no significant association between IL-4 -590C/T polymorphism and cancer risks (TT + TC vs. CC: OR = 0.97, 95 % CI = 0.90-1.04, P = 0.36). In the subgroup analysis by ethnicity, no significant association was detected in Asians and Caucasians. In the subgroup analysis by cancer types, no significant association was found in gastric cancer and colorectal cancer. The current meta-analysis suggested that the -590C/T polymorphism in the IL-4 gene might not be associated with increased/decreased risk of cancer. The -590C/T polymorphism might be not a risk factor for cancers.

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Asian PeopleCase-Control StudiesColorectal NeoplasmsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansInterleukin-4NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRiskStomach NeoplasmsWhite PeopleInterleukin-4

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