Given a passage with a question and an answer to that question, classify if the answer actually answers the question into 'yes' or 'no'. Output 'yes' if the answer answers the question and output 'no' if the answer does not answer the question.

Q: Question: Is meconium ileus in cystic fibrosis linked to central repetitive region length variation in MUC1 , MUC2 , and MUC5AC?
Answer: The genetic length variants in the central repetitive region of three MUC genes studied are not associated with MI in subjects with CF.

A: no
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Q: Question: Does fTY720-Induced Lymphopenia Aggravate Mortality in a Murine Model of Polymicrobial Abdominal Sepsis?
Answer: Our data demonstrate that inhibition of T cell migration and induction of peripheral lymphopenia did not affect survival in a model of severe murine sepsis. The presence of reduced T- and B-cell numbers in the peripheral blood during a septic challenge did not negatively affect sepsis mortality in our model of severe abdominal sepsis. The absence of increased mortality under FTY720 treatment in the CASP model suggests that FTY720 treatment will probably not result in increased mortality in MS patients suffering from sepsis.

A: no
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Q: Question: Does stat3 signaling activation crosslinking of TGF-β1 in hepatic stellate cell exacerbate liver injury and fibrosis?
Answer: We provide a novel role of Stat3 cooperating TGF-β1 in activation and anti-apoptotic effect of HSCs. Stat3 worsens liver fibrosis through the up-regulation of TGF-β1 and fibrotic product expression.

A:
yes
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