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Role of TNF-alpha g...
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- Etiology of the idiopathic childhood stroke remains unknown. In previous studies, the immunologic process may be involved in the idiopathic stroke. Tumor necrosis factor— alpha (TNF-α), an important immune mediator, may contribute to the initiation and progression in the stroke. The main purpose of this study was to investigate correlation of TNF-α genetic variation and idiopathic childhood ischemic stroke. Using the direct DNA sequencing method, polymorphisms in the TNF-α promoter region were genotyped in 67 Chinese patients with idiopathic childhood stroke and 70 controls. Among totally 7 single nucleotide polymorphisms identified in the TNF-α promoter region, the variant of the -863C/A is associated with increased risk of idiopathic childhood ischemic stroke in our study group. TNF-α molecule may have genetically as well as functionally an important role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic childhood ischemic stroke in the Chinese population.
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