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The gene encoding transforming growth factor beta 1 confers risk of ischemic stroke and vascular dementia.
Stroke - 1 Nov 2006
Kim Younyoung, Lee Chaeyoung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in cerebrovascular pathophysiology with protective activity against ischemia-induced neuronal death. We investigated the association of the polymorphism in TGFB1 with ischemic stroke and vascular dementia. METHODS: Three sequence variants in and around promoter and exons of TGFB1 gene...
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