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Interleukin-1B polymorphism is associated with age at onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Nov 2003
Sciacca F L, Ferri C, Licastro F, Veglia F, Biunno I, Gavazzi A, Calabrese E, Martinelli Boneschi F, Sorbi S, Mariani C, Franceschi M, Grimaldi L M E
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Interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha) and IL-1beta are two pro-inflammatory cytokines involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The genes coding for IL-1alpha (IL-1A) and for IL-1beta (IL-1B) are clustered in chromosome 2q14-2q14.2. In a previous work, we investigated the role of IL-1A promoter polymorphism (-889 position) in AD pathogenesis: IL-1A -889 TT genotype was associated with sporadic early...
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