Impact of Interleukin-6 –174 G>C Gene Promoter Polymorphism on Neuroblastoma

Francesca Totaro; Flora Cimmino; Piero Pignataro; Giovanni Acierno; Marilena De Mariano; Luca Longo; Gian Paolo Tonini; Achille Iolascon; Mario Capasso

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076810

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Impact of Interleukin-6 –174 G>C Gene Promoter Polymorphism on Neuroblastoma

Francesca Totaro,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy, CEINGE – Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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Flora Cimmino,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy, CEINGE – Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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Piero Pignataro,

Affiliation CEINGE – Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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Giovanni Acierno,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy, CEINGE – Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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Marilena De Mariano,

Affiliations Terapia Immunologica, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST-Istituto Nazionale per la ricerca sul cancro, Genoa, Italy, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy
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Luca Longo,

Affiliations Terapia Immunologica, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST-Istituto Nazionale per la ricerca sul cancro, Genoa, Italy, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy
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Gian Paolo Tonini,

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroblastoma, Onco/Hematology Department SDB University of Padua, Pediatric Research Institute, Padua, Italy
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Achille Iolascon,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy, CEINGE – Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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Mario Capasso

* E-mail: capasso@ceinge.unina.it

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy, CEINGE – Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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Impact of Interleukin-6 –174 G>C Gene Promoter Polymorphism on Neuroblastoma

Francesca Totaro,
Flora Cimmino,
Piero Pignataro,
Giovanni Acierno,
Marilena De Mariano,
Luca Longo,
Gian Paolo Tonini,
Achille Iolascon,
Mario Capasso

Published: October 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076810

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