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Toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphism modulates phenotypic expression in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Jul 2010
Krayenbuehl Pierre-Alexandre, Hersberger Martin, Truninger Kaspar, Müllhaupt Beat, Maly Friedrich E, Bargetzi Mario, Schulthess Georg
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Clinical penetrance of hereditary hemochromatosis is highly variable. We hypothesized that it might be modified by factors involved in the cellular immune response, such as toll-like receptors (TLRs) or nucleotide oligomerization domain proteins (NODs). METHODS: Clinical expression of hemochromatosis was assessed as a function of TLR4, TLR9, and NOD2 polymorphisms in 99 homozygous carriers of the HFE...
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