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Association of toll‐like receptor 4 polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes mellitus
20 Nov 2012
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays important roles in modulating innate immunity. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic and complex disease that is characterized by impaired insulin resistance and dysregulated immune response. In the current study, we investigated whether TLR4 polymorphisms were correlated with susceptibility to T2DM in the Chinese population. Four TLR4 polymorphisms (-2431T/C, Asp299Gly,...
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