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No association between the promoter variants of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and schizophrenia in Chinese Han population.
Neuroscience letters - 12 Aug 2004
Duan Shiwei, Xu Yifeng, Chen Wuyan, Liu Zhuangjun, Guo Tingwei, Gao Jianjun, Bian Li, Zheng Yonglan, Zhen Yonglan, Li Xiuxia, Zhang Xiaoju, Pan Yuxi, Gu Niufan, Feng Guoyin, He Lin
Abstract excerpt
An increasing amount of evidence suggests that the pathophysiology of schizophrenia is associated with activation of the immune system. Four studies have established an association of -308G/A polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), a cytokine involved in inflammatory processes, with schizophrenia [Mol. Psychiatry 6 (2001) 79; Mol. Psychiatry 8 (2003) 718; Schizophr. Res. 65 (2003) 19; Biol....
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