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SUBMITTER: Gu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3111139 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gu Yian Y Shore Roy E RE Arslan Alan A AA Koenig Karen L KL Liu Mengling M Ibrahim Sherif S Lokshin Anna E AE Zeleniuch-Jacquotte Anne A
Cancer causes & control : CCC 20100407 8
Cytokines play important roles in B-cell activation, proliferation, and apoptosis, thus may be etiologically related to risk of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL). However, the association between circulating levels of cytokines and B-NHL risk has not been prospectively studied in non-HIV populations. The objective of this study was to assess this association by conducting a case-control study nested within a prospective cohort of non-HIV-infected, healthy women. Fifteen cytokines were measured ...[more]