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Toll-like receptor 2 -196 to 174del polymorphism influences the susceptibility of Japanese people to gastric cancer.
Cancer science - 1 Nov 2007
Tahara Tomomitsu, Arisawa Tomiyasu, Wang Fangyu, Shibata Tomoyuki, Nakamura Masakatsu, Sakata Mikijyu, Hirata Ichiro, Nakano Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Toll like receptors (TLR) play important roles in the signaling of many pathogen-related molecules and endogenous proteins associated with immune activation. The -196 to -174del polymorphism affects the TLR2 gene and alters its promoter activity. We investigated the influence of the TLR2-196 to -174del polymorphism on the occurrence of non-cardiac gastric cancer (NCGC) in a Japanese population. The study was...
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