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Effect of CD14 promoter polymorphism and<i>H. pylori</i>infection and its clinical outcomes on circulating CD14
1 May 2002
Abstract excerpt
CD14 is a pattern recognition receptor on the membranes of monocytes and macrophages for several microbial products, of which lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the best known. A shed form of CD14 is present in serum. As the CD14 gene promoter polymorphism -159C/T and some bacterial infections may affect the sCD14 levels, we compared the impact of both the CD14 promoter polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori infection on...
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