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Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 polymorphisms are associated with a chronic course of sarcoidosis.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Mar 2006
Pabst S, Baumgarten G, Stremmel A, Lennarz M, Knüfermann P, Gillissen A, Vetter H, Grohé C
Abstract excerpt
The aetiology of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory granulomatous multi-system disorder, is unclear. It is thought to be the product of an unknown exogenous antigenic stimulus and an endogenous genetic susceptibility. Toll-like receptors (TLR) are signal molecules essential for the cellular response to bacterial cell wall components. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), for example, binds to TLR 4. Two different polymorphisms for...
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