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Toll-like receptor-9 polymorphisms in sarcoidosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2013
Pabst Stefan, Bradler Oxana, Gillissen Adrian, Nickenig Georg, Skowasch Dirk, Grohe Christian
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The etiology of inflammatory diseases of the lung like sarcoidosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is multifactorial. The main trigger for developing a COPD is tobacco smoking while exogenous factors causing sarcoidosis are unclear. In both diseases there is an underlying genetic...
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