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Analyses of polymorphisms in the inflammasome-associated NLRP3 and miRNA-146A genes in the susceptibility to and tubal pathology of Chlamydia trachomatis infection.
Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998) - 1 Nov 2009
Wang W, Stassen F R, Surcel H-M, Ohman H, Tiitinen A, Paavonen J, de Vries H J C, Heijmans R, Pleijster J, Morré S A, Ouburg S
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to Chlamydia trachomatis infections is 40% host based. microRNA-146a is a negative regulator of Tolllike receptor (TLR) signaling and possesses functional polymorphisms which decrease the production of premiR-146a and mature miR-146a. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in NLRP3 are associated with decreased NLRP3 expression and hypoproduction of interleukin (IL)-1beta. We investigated whether...
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