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Meta-analysis on the association of TIRAP S180L variant and tuberculosis susceptibility.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2011
Miao Ruifen, Li Jiequan, Sun Zhaoping, Xu Fei, Shen Hongbing
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The missense variant S180L in TIRAP (Toll-interleukin-1 receptor domain-containing adaptor protein) gene is implicated in attenuating TLRs signal transaction and may affect individual response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Several studies investigated the association between TIRAP S180L and risk of tuberculosis (TB), but the results were controversial. In this study, we quantitatively synthesized nine...
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