1 Gene Expression Polymorphisms of Interleukins -1β, -4, -6, -8, -10, and Tumor Necrosis Factors -α, -β: Regression Analysis of their Effect upon Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Eleftherios Vairaktaris 1▲ , Christos Yapijakis 2▲ , Zoe Serefoglou 1 , Dimitrios Avgoustidis 1 , Elena Critselis 1 , Sofia Spyridonidou 1 , Antonis Vylliotis 1 , Spyridoula Derka 1 , Stavros Vassiliou 1 , Emeka Nkenke 3 , Efstratios Patsouris 4 ▲ These authors have contributed equally in this work 1 Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 93 & Dim. Soutsou 1, GR-11521 Athens, Greece 2 Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 74, GR-11522 Athens, Greece 3 Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Universität Erlangen, Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesischtschirurgie, Glueckstrasse 11, Erlagen D-91054, Nürnberg, Germany 4 Department of Pathology, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 93 & Dim. Soutsou 1, GR-11521 Athens, Greece Keywords: Oral Cancer, DNA Polymorphism, Cytokines, Interleukins, Tumor Necrosis Factor Running Title: Oral cancer and cytokine polymorphisms Corresponding author: Dr. Eleftherios Vairaktaris, MD,DDS,PhD,PhD Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 93 & Dim. Soutsou 1, Athens 11521, Greece. Tel: +30-210-6443035; Fax: +30-210-6443803; Email: lvairakt@med.uoa.gr Financial Support: EPEAEK “Pythagoras” grant 70/3/7391 of the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology