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Functional polymorphism in the interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 genes in patients with paranoid schizophrenia--a case-control study.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Sept 2010
Paul-Samojedny Monika, Kowalczyk Malgorzata, Suchanek Renata, Owczarek Aleksander, Fila-Danilow Anna, Szczygiel Aleksandra, Kowalski Jan
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a multifactorial disease with changes in immunological system. Such changes are the result of cytokine-level disturbances connected with cytokine gene polymorphisms. However, research about cytokine gene polymorphisms in schizophrenia has been surprisingly limited and ambiguous. The aim of the study was to identify whether polymorphisms of interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-10 are risk factors for the...
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