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Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 and 4 mutations in periodontal disease.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Feb 2004
Folwaczny M, Glas J, Török H-P, Limbersky O, Folwaczny C
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptors (TLR) are signal molecules essential for the cellular response to bacterial cell wall components. Different functional effective polymorphisms for the TLR 4 gene (Asp299Gly; Thr399Ile) and for the TLR 2 gene (Arg677Trp, Arg753Gln) have recently been described that are associat...
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