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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Feng X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7714607 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feng Xiaodong X Zhang Zhijun Z Sun Peng P Song Guanghui G Wang Lu L Sun Zhenqing Z Yuan Ning N Wang Qing Q Lun Limin L
Disease markers 20201126
Interleukin-18 (IL-18) belongs to the IL-1 family and is an essential proinflammatory and immune regulatory cytokine. The present study was designed to investigate the expression and function of IL-18 in colon cancer. In clinical analyses, mRNA and protein expressions of IL-18 were decreased in tissues of colon cancer patients. This decreased expression of IL-18 was significantly correlated with the tumor size (<i>P</i> = 0.001) and American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage (<i>P</i> = 0.0 ...[more]