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Toll-like receptor 2 -196 to -174 del polymorphism influences the susceptibility of Han Chinese people to Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 11 Oct 2011
Yu Jin-Tai, Mou Shan-Mao, Wang Li-Zhu, Mao Cai-Xia, Tan Lan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) represents a reasonable functional and positional candidate gene for Alzheimer's disease (AD) as it is located under the linkage region of AD on chromosome 4q, and functionally is involved in the microglia-mediated inflammatory response and amyloid-β clearance. The -196 to -174 del polymorphism affects the TLR2 gene and alters its promoter activity. METHODS: We recruited...
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