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Aromatase and interleukin-10 genetic variants interactively modulate Alzheimer's disease risk.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Jun 2008
Combarros O, Sánchez-Juan P, Riancho J A, Mateo I, Rodríguez-Rodríguez E, Infante J, García-Gorostiaga I, Vázquez-Higuera J L, Berciano J
Abstract excerpt
A chronic inflammatory process with activation of microglial cells contribute to the neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Estrogen could protect the brain from neurodegeneration by augmenting the secretion of the anti-inflammatory interleukin (IL)-10 from microglial cells. In a case-control study in 231 AD patients and 194 healthy controls, we examined whether the combined effects between...
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