Article
Genetic variation in Toll-like receptor signalling and the risk of inflammatory and immune diseases.
Journal of innate immunity - 1 Jan 2009
Corr Sinead C, O'Neill Luke A J
Abstract excerpt
There has been growing interest in the role of host genetic factors in humans and susceptibility to infectious and inflammatory diseases. Genetic variation in Toll-like receptors (TLRs), key innate immune receptors or their signalling molecules, have been described. Variation in certain TLRs has been linked to disease susceptibility. This genetic variation can result in an altered immune response to pathogenic...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Immune System Diseases
- Immunity, Innate
- Inflammation
- Male
- Mice
- Toll-Like Receptors
