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- Title
Interaction between smoking and the interleukin-6 gene affects systemic levels of inflammatory biomarkers.
- Authors
Sunyer, Jordi; Forastiere, F.; Pekkanen, J.; Plana, E.; Kolz, M.; Pistelli, R.; Jacquemin, B.; Brüske-Hohlfeld, I.; Pitsavos, Ch.; Bellander, T.; Koenig, W.; Peters, A.
- Abstract
Background:: Smoking is associated with a systemic inflammatory response. However, the role of genetic predisposition is not well known. We assessed whether circulatory acute phase reactants were associated with smoking and whether or not the association was modified by the major cytokine gene of the acute phase reaction, interleukin-6 (IL-6).
- Subjects
INTERLEUKIN-6; SMOKING; INFLAMMATION; CYTOKINES; BIOMARKERS; ACUTE phase reaction
- Publication
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2009, Vol 11, Issue 11, p1347
- ISSN
1462-2203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ntr/ntp144