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GxE study on inflammation and air polution in PD

Both air pollution exposure and systemic inflammation have been linked to Parkinson’s disease (PD). In this study, led by long-time LIGA collaborator Prof. Beate Ritz at UCLA in the USA, we correlated long term traffic related air pollution measures with genetic markers for inflammation. The analyses showed suggestive evidence that a combination of traffic-related air pollution and genetic variation in the IL1B gene may contribute to risk of developing PD. The results were published in the journal Environmental Research.