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No association of TLR2 and TLR4 polymorphisms with type I diabetes mellitus in the Basque population.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Santin Izortze, Bilbao Jose Ramon, de Nanclares Guiomar Pérez, Calvo Begoña, Castaño Luis
Abstract excerpt
The destruction of pancreatic beta cells that occurs in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is mediated by the immune system, and evidence has accumulated supporting the implication of innate immune mediators. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) participate in the first line of immune defense through antigen recognition, and their ligands are mostly exogenous but can be host-derived as well. To test the possible role of TLRs...
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