Article
Low-grade inflammation markers in children and adolescents: Influence of anthropometric characteristics and CRP and IL6 polymorphisms.
Cytokine - 1 Dec 2016
Todendi P F, Possuelo L G, Klinger E I, Reuter C P, Burgos M S, Moura D J, Fiegenbaum M, Valim Andréia Rosane de Moura
Abstract excerpt
Overweight and obesity are associated with chronic and subclinical inflammation due to an imbalance of inflammatory mediators. However, the association with gene polymorphism has been rarely studied in children. The aim of this study was to determine if serum concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are related to the IL6 rs1800795, IL6 rs2069845 and CRP rs1205 polymorphisms (SNPs)...
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