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Interleukin-1β genotype and circulating levels in cancer patients: metastatic status and pain perception.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Sept 2014
Oliveira Ana, Dinis-Oliveira Ricardo J, Nogueira Augusto, Gonçalves Ferraz, Silva Paula, Vieira Cláudia, Silvestre Ricardo, Carvalho Félix, Medeiros Rui
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Proinflammatory cytokines released during inflammation can cause hyperexcitability in pain transmission neurons, leading to hyperalgesia and allodynia. Polymorphisms in interleukin 1 (IL-1) family of genes (IL1A, IL1B) and in IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra, coded by IL1RN) may therefore induce alterations in cytokine levels/effects and pain related response. Our purpose was to investigate the...
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