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Association between interleukin-3 receptor alpha polymorphism and schizophrenia in the Chinese population.
Neuroscience letters - 25 Jul 2008
Sun Shilong, Wang Fan, Wei Jun, Cao Lian Yuan, Wu Gui Ying, Lu Lin, Kosten Therese A, Kosten Thomas R, Zhang Xiang Yang
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia has been observed to be associated with various abnormalities in cytokines and cytokine receptors. Three very recent reports showed the evidence that the IL3 gene, colony stimulating factor 2 receptor alpha (CSF2RA), beta (CSF2RB) and IL-3 receptor alpha (IL3RA), the IL-specific receptor subunits for CSF2 and IL3, respectively, are associated with schizophrenia. To examine the association of the...
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