Association of interleukin-6 rs1800796 polymorphism with keloid susceptibility and severity in a Vietnamese population: a case-control study.
Keloids are fibroproliferative skin tumors characterized by excessive collagen deposition and persistent inflammation. Interleukin (IL)-6 plays a key role in wound healing and fibrosis, and promoter polymorphisms of the IL-6 gene have been implicated in keloid susceptibility in several populations. However, data on Vie...