Article
Association between the interleukin-1alpha gene and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jan 2000
Rainero I, Bo M, Ferrero M, Valfrè W, Vaula G, Pinessi L
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory processes are involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several studies have addressed the effects of interleukin-1 (IL-1) genes polymorphisms on the risk of developing AD. The results are not in full agreement on whether these polymorphisms are associated with the disease. To clarify this issue, we performed a meta-analysis of all the association studies between IL-1 genes and AD....
Topics
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
- Comorbidity
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Interleukin-1
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Risk Assessment
