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Association study of interleukin 2 (IL2) and IL4 with schizophrenia in a Japanese population.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Oct 2008
Watanabe Yuichiro, Nunokawa Ayako, Shibuya Masako, Kaneko Naoshi, Nawa Hiroyuki, Someya Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin 2 (IL-2) and IL-4 are pleiotropic cytokines regulating Th1/Th2 balance and have a regulatory activity in brain function. Thus these cytokines have been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The latest studies provided controversial results regarding the genetic associati...
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