The common IL1A single nucleotide polymorphism rs17561 is a hypomorphic mutation that significantly reduces interleukin-1α release from human blood cells.

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Interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1α) is a powerful cytokine that drives inflammation and modulates adaptive immunity. Due to these powerful effects, IL-1α is controlled at multiple levels from transcription to cleavage and release from the cell. Genome-wide association studies can identify loci that drive important diseases, although often the functional effect of the variant on phenotype remains unknown or small, with...

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