Article
Environmental factors and not genotype influence the plasma level of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in normal individuals.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Aug 2004
Cullup H, Middleton P G, Duggan G, Conn J S, Dickinson A M
Abstract excerpt
Cytokine production may be regulated by both genotypic (single nucleotide or tandem repeat polymorphisms) and non-genotypic factors relating to the environment and inherent biology (i.e. gender). Interleukin (IL)-1 is one of the body's most highly proinflammatory cytokines and is implicated in the pathophysiology of numerous diseases, but also in the maintenance of homeostasis in a number of tissues. The cytokine...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
