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Interleukin (IL)-8 polymorphisms contribute in suicide behavior.
Cytokine - 1 Nov 2018
Noroozi Rezvan, Omrani Mir Davood, Ayatollahi Seyed Abdulmajid, Sayad Arezou, Ata Athar, Fallah Hamid, Taheri Mohammad, Ghafouri-Fard Soudeh
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have highlighted the role of immune dysregulation in suicide behavior. Interleukin (IL)-8 is a chemokine with neuroprotective effects whose lower serum concentrations have been detected in individuals committed suicide. In the present study, we genotyped three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within IL-8 gene (rs4073, rs2227306 and rs1126647) in 229 individuals who attempted suicide with...
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