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Toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphisms and preeclampsia: lack of association in a Caucasian population.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 May 2008
Molvarec Attila, Jermendy Agnes, Kovács Margit, Prohászka Zoltán, Rigó János
Abstract excerpt
Preeclampsia is a multifactorial disorder with genetic and environmental components. As Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) has an essential role in innate immune response, which is exaggeratedly activated in preeclampsia, our aim was to investigate whether two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the TLR4 gene--Asp299Gly (A896G) and Thr399Ile (C1196T)--are associated with preeclampsia in a Caucasian population from...
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