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Physical health and incident late-life depression: modification by cytokine genes.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jan 2013
Kim Jae-Min, Stewart Robert, Kim Sung-Wan, Kim Seon-Young, Bae Kyung-Yeol, Kang Hee-Ju, Jang Ji-Eun, Shin Il-Seon, Yoon Jin-Sang
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory cytokines have been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression, potentially underlying its association with worse physical health. Cytokine production is influenced by the transcriptional activity of several polymorphisms. We hypothesized that alleles related to higher proinflammatory and/or lower anti-inflammatory cytokine production would strengthen the association between physical disorders...
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