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Polymorphisms in the interleukin-1 alpha and beta genes and the risk for Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 21 Jun 2002
Schulte Thorsten, Schöls Ludger, Müller Thomas, Woitalla Dirk, Berger Klaus, Krüger Rejko
Abstract excerpt
Several lines of evidence indicate that immune mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. Activated immunocompetent cells and inflammatory cytokines are present in affected brain regions in patients with Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). For AD biochemical and pathological data are supported by genetic studies identifying risk alleles for polymorphisms in regulatory...
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