path(MESH:"Alzheimer Disease") positiveCorrelation p(HGNC:IL1B)
Interleukins, in particular IL-1β and IL-18, are upregulated in AD brain, and the overexpression of IL-1β or IL-18 is critical for the onset of the inflammatory process (Rubio-Perez and Morillas-Ruiz, 2012), and both mediate the expression of a vast array of inflammatory genes (Weber et al., 2010)
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