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The TLR4 +896 polymorphism is not associated with lipopolysaccharide hypo-responsiveness in leukocytes.
Genes and immunity - 1 Feb 2005
Imahara S D, Jelacic S, Junker C E, O'Keefe G E
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) is required for detection of Gram negative bacterial infections by binding lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and for the initiation of inflammatory signaling. Recent studies have demonstrated that a nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism (Asp299Gly, A+896G) is associated...
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