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Inflammatory biomarkers and risk of ischemic stroke and subtypes: A 2-sample Mendelian randomization study.
Neurological research - 1 Feb 2020
Lin Jinxi, Wang Yilong, Wang Yongjun, Pan Yuesong
Abstract excerpt
Objective: Chronic inflammation is considered as playing an important role in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, but the exact contributing inflammatory pathway on stroke is not clear. We aimed to examine the causal association of inflammatory biomarkers, such as interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), soluble interleukin-6 receptor (sIL-6R) and C-reactive protein (CRP), with the risk of ischemic stroke...
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