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Sequence variants in Toll-like receptor gene cluster (TLR6-TLR1-TLR10) and prostate cancer risk.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 6 Apr 2005
Sun Jielin, Wiklund Fredrik, Zheng S Lilly, Chang Baoli, Bälter Katarina, Li Liwu, Johansson Jan-Erik, Li Ge, Adami Hans-Olov, Liu Wennuan, Tolin Amy, Turner Aubrey R, Meyers Deborah A, Isaacs William B, Xu Jianfeng, Grönberg Henrik
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation plays an important role in several human cancers and may be involved in the etiology of prostate cancer. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important in the innate immune response to pathogens and in cross-talk between innate immunity and adaptive immunity. Our previous finding of an association of TLR4 gene sequence variants and prostate cancer risk provides evidence for a role of...
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