While inflammation normallyacts as a protective mechanism, it can cause damage to thebody when it becomes uncontrollable (Dinarello, 2018).IL-1 has been implicated in neuronal cell damage (Allanet al., 2005), and excessive phagocytosis may contribute topathologies in Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and aging(Vilalta, Brown, 2018). Here, IL1B is linked to Alzheimer disease.