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A genetic variant in the promoter region of Toll-like receptor 9 and cervical cancer susceptibility.
DNA and cell biology - 1 May 2012
Chen Xiaojun, Wang Sumin, Liu Li, Chen Zengyan, Qiang Fulin, Kan Yanjing, Shen Yan, Wu Jiangping, Shen Hongbing, Hu Zhibin
Abstract excerpt
The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important for the innate immune system by recognizing pathogen-associated molecular patterns expressed in infectious agents. E6 and E7 protein from HPV16 suppress the host immune response by regulating the TLR9 transcript. Therefore, we hypothesized that a single nucleotide polymorphism in TLR9 may contribute to cervical cancer. We genotyped TLR9 -1486T/C (rs187084) in a...
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