What is it about?
As inflammation has a positive promoting role in cancer we studies this cytokine in oral epithelial dysplasia in order to elucidate it's role in oral carcinogenesis
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Why is it important?
IL-6 has now clearly shown to function as a oncogene, our results are in concert with these reports
Perspectives
IL-6 should be further investigated with respect to it's cross talks with other pathways and it's role in oral carcinogenesis
Professor Mohit Sharma
SGT Dental College Hospital & Research Institute
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This page is a summary of: Salivary IL-6 levels in oral leukoplakia with dysplasia and its clinical relevance to tobacco habits and periodontitis, Clinical Oral Investigations, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-010-0435-5.
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