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Influence of correlation between HLA-G polymorphism and Interleukin-6 (IL6) gene expression on the risk of schizophrenia.
Cytokine - 1 Jul 2018
Shivakumar Venkataram, Debnath Monojit, Venugopal Deepthi, Rajasekaran Ashwini, Kalmady Sunil V, Subbanna Manjula, Narayanaswamy Janardhanan C, Amaresha Anekal C, Venkatasubramanian Ganesan
Abstract excerpt
Converging evidence suggests important implications of immuno-inflammatory pathway in the risk and progression of schizophrenia. Prenatal infection resulting in maternal immune activation and developmental neuroinflammation reportedly increases the risk of schizophrenia in the offspring by generating pro-inflammatory cytokines including IL-6. However, it is not known how prenatal infection can induce...
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