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No genetic association between tumour necrosis factor receptor II 196R polymorphism and Japanese sporadic Alzheimer's disease.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Mar 2004
Shibata Nobuto, Ohnuma Tohru, Takahashi Tadashi, Matsubara Yoichiro, Ueki Akira, Nagao Masatsugu, Arai Heii
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have reported that acute effects of tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, are limited by binding to a soluble receptor, TNF receptor II, and the G allele at position 196 in exon 6 of the TNF receptor II gene (TNFRII 196R) has been associated with auto-immune diseases. Since complex interactions among cytokines have been suggested around senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease,...
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