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IL-6 promoter polymorphism increased risks of recurrent stroke in the young patients with moderate internal carotid artery stenosis.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Mar 2018
Ou Minghui, Liu Shunda, Ma Xiaoping, Xing Xiangluan, He Wenting, Gao Huanmin
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine with both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory properties. Increased serum IL-6 is associated with higher risk of cerebral vascular diseases, however, the circulating levels of IL-6 vary greatly between individuals for bioenvironmental or genetic interferes by IL-6 transcription, therefore, this study was to investigate if IL-6 promoter polymorphisms predict the...
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