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Do gene polymorphism in IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6 influence therapeutic response in patients with drug refractory epilepsy?
Epilepsy research - 1 Sept 2012
Tiwari Prabhakar, Dwivedi Rekha, Mansoori Nasim, Alam Rizwan, Chauhan Ugam Kumari, Tripathi Manjari, Mukhopadhyay Asok Kumar
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Pro-inflammatory cytokines may play an important pathophysiological role in patients with epilepsy. To understand the role of genes encoding pro-inflammatory cytokines in epilepsy, this study aimed to evaluate the polymorphisms of the promoter regions of IL-1β-511C>T (rs16944), TNF-α-308G>A (rs1800629) and IL-6-174G>C (rs1800795) genes and to look into the interaction between these genes in influencing...
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