Associations of cytokine genes with Alzheimer's disease and depression in an elderly Korean population

Conclusions
The present findings support the inflammatory hypothesis in the aetiology of AD as measured by several cytokine genes associated with increased proinflammatory cytokine production.

Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - August 13, 2015 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Kang, H.-J., Kim, J.-M., Kim, S.-W., Shin, I.-S., Park, S.-W., Kim, Y.-H., Yoon, J.-S. Tags: Genetics, Immunology (including allergy), Dementia, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Memory disorders (psychiatry), Mood disorders (including depression), Psychiatry of old age, Drugs: musculoskeletal and joint diseases Neuropsychiatry Source Type: research