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The interleukin-6 gene -572C/G promoter polymorphism modifies Alzheimer's risk in APOE epsilon 4 carriers.
Neuroscience letters - 4 Oct 2010
Wang Min, Jia Jianping
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory response is involved in the etiopathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pleiotropic inflammatory cytokine, was reported to be associated with both increased A beta aggregation and the appearance of hyperphosphorylated tau in AD brain. To explore the association...
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