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Associations of cytokine genes with Alzheimer's disease and depression in an elderly Korean population.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Sept 2015
Kang Hee-Ju, Kim Jae-Min, Kim Sung-Wan, Shin Il-Seon, Park Sung-Woo, Kim Young-Hoon, Yoon Jin-Sang
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory processes regulated by cytokines are important in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and depression. Differences in transcriptional activities associated with several genetic polymorphisms affect cytokine production. We investigated the involvement of alleles associated with higher production of proinflammatory and lower production of anti-inflammatory cytokines in AD and...
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