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Association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphism and Sasang constitution in cerebral infarction.
The American journal of Chinese medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Um Jae-Young, Lee Jae-Heung, Joo Jong-Cheon, Kim Kyung-Yo, Lee Eun-Hee, Shin Taekyun, Hong Seung-Heon, Kim Hyung-Min
Abstract excerpt
During the last decade, a growing corpus of evidence has indicated an important role of cytokines in the development of brain damage following cerebral ischemia. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a potent immunomodulator and pro-inflammatory cytokine, has been implicated in many pathological processes. In this study, we examined whether promoter region polymorphism in the TNF-alpha gene at position -308...
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