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Interleukin-6-gene C/G 174 polymorphism in nonagenarian and octogenarian subjects in the BELFAST study. Reciprocal effects on IL-6, soluble IL-6 receptor and for IL-10 in serum and monocyte supernatants.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Apr 2003
Rea Irene M, Ross Owen A, Armstrong Marilyn, McNerlan Susan, Alexander Denis H, Curran Martin D, Middleton Derek
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we have assessed any change in the frequency of the GG homozygotes of the 174 IL-6 polymorphism with increasing age, arguing that if IL-6 tracks with functional disability and age-related diseases, then there may be attrition or reduction in the frequency of homozgyous subjects, who produce higher levels of IL-6 in serum, in older survivors in a population. We have tested this hypothesis in a large...
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