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Association Between Osteopontin Gene Polymorphisms and Cerebral Palsy in a Chinese Population.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Jun 2016
Shang Qing, Zhou Chongchen, Liu Dongzhi, Li Wenxia, Chen Mingjie, Xu Yiran, Wang Fei, Bi Dan, Zhang Xiaoli, Zhao Xinzhi, Wang Lei, Zhu Changlian, Xing Qinghe
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder affecting movement and posture that develops as a complication of prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal brain injury. Such non-progressive brain injury is often accompanied by neonatal encephalopathy and inflammation. The widely expressed soluble cytokine osteopontin (OPN) plays an important role in inflammation and neurological protection. Therefore, it is of great...
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