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Toll-like receptors gene polymorphisms may confer increased susceptibility to breast cancer development.
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Aug 2012
Theodoropoulos George E, Saridakis Vasilios, Karantanos Theodoros, Michalopoulos Nikolaos V, Zagouri Flora, Kontogianni Panagiota, Lymperi Maria, Gazouli Maria, Zografos George C
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Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation may be an important event in tumor cell immune evasion. TLR2 and TLR4 gene polymorphisms have been related to increased susceptibility to cancer development in various organs. 261 patients and 480 health individuals were investigated for genotype and allelic frequencies of a 22-bp nucleotide deletion (-196 to -174del) in the promoter of TLR2 gene as well as two polymorphisms...
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