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Association of early-onset Alzheimer's disease with an interleukin-1alpha gene polymorphism.
Annals of neurology - 1 Mar 2000
Grimaldi L M, Casadei V M, Ferri C, Veglia F, Licastro F, Annoni G, Biunno I, De Bellis G, Sorbi S, Mariani C, Canal N, Griffin W S, Franceschi M
Abstract excerpt
Overexpression of the pluripotent cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) by microglial cells correlates with formation of neuritic beta-amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We evaluated polymorphisms in the genes coding for the IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-1 receptor antagonist cytokines, and tested their association with the occurrence and age at onset of sporadic AD. We found a strong association between the...
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