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ArticleInfectious agents and cancer2020

Interleukin-6 polymorphisms in HCC patients chronically infected with HCV.

Faisal Adnan, Najeeb Ullah Khan, Aqib Iqbal, Ijaz Ali, Arnolfo Petruzziello, Rocco Sabatino, Annunziata Guzzo, Giovanna Loquercio, Gerardo Botti, Sanaullah Khan and 2 more

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Article in Infectious agents and cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Faisal Adnan1Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (Health Division), The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Najeeb Ullah Khan1Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (Health Division), The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Aqib Iqbal1Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (Health Division), The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Ijaz Ali2Department of Biosciences, COMSATs University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Arnolfo PetruzzielloUOC Clinical Pathology, AORN Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy.
Rocco Sabatino4Unit of Molecular Biology and Viral Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy.
Annunziata GuzzoSSD Transfusion medicine, Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS Fondazione "G. Pascale", Naples, Italy.
Giovanna LoquercioHematology-Oncology and stem cell transplantation Unit, IRCCS Fondazione "G. Pascale", Naples, Italy.
Gerardo Botti7Scientific Directorate, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS Fondazione "G. Pascale", Naples, Italy.
Sanaullah Khan8Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP Pakistan.
Muhammad NaeemDepartment of community medicine, Khyber Medical Collage, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ismail Khan10Department of Zoology, Islamia College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITThe University of Agriculture, Peshawar · PKCOMSATS University Islamabad · PKIslamia College University · PKKhyber Medical College · PKOspedale Sant'Anna · ITUniversity of Peshawar · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a primary liver malignancy in which the risk of development is always multifunctional. Interleukin-6 is a proinflammatory and multifunctional cytokine, which plays an important role in the immune response, haematopoiesis and defence against viral infection. We aimed to evaluate the frequency of

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PMCPMC7114800
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