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The toll-like receptor 1 variant S248N influences placental malaria.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2010
Hamann Lutz, Bedu-Addo George, Eggelte Teunis A, Schumann Ralf R, Mockenhaupt Frank P
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In malaria-endemic regions, Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnancy is a predominant cause of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. Primiparae are relatively immune-naïve and particularly prone. Innate immune recognition of P. falciparum is partly mediated by Toll-like receptors (TLRs), and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of TLR-4 and -9 influence manifestation. Recognition via TLR-2, which...
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