Sequence variants of interleukin 6 (IL-6) are significantly associated with a decreased risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Shih Yuan ^a   Chen, Ta Fu ^b   Lai, Liang Chuan ^a   Chen, Jen Hau ^a,b   Sun, Yu ^c   Wen, Li Li ^c   Yip, Ping Keung ^d   Chu, Yi Min ^d,e   Chen, Yen Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Haplotype; Il 6; Inflammation; SNP

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MENTAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84856069957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-9-21     Document Type: Article

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