%0 Journal Article
%T Association of Interleukin-8 with Cachexia from Patients with Low-Third Gastric Cancer
%A Bo Song
%A Dianliang Zhang
%A Shuchun Wang
%A Hongmei Zheng
%A Xinxiang Wang
%J Comparative and Functional Genomics
%D 2009
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2009/212345
%X Background. Interleukin (IL)-8 has been implicated in the development of cancer cachexia. The polymorphism of IL-8 gene, which may affect the production level of IL-8, may be associated with cancer cachexia. Methods. The serum IL-8 level in our study was examined by radioimmunoassay. We also analyzed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) −251 A/T and
%U http://www.hindawi.com/journals/cfg/2009/212345/