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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the Toll-like receptor pathway increase susceptibility to infections in severely injured trauma patients.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery - 1 Mar 2013
Bronkhorst Maarten W G A, Boyé Nicole D A, Lomax Miranda A Z, Vossen Rolf H A M, Bakker Jan, Patka Peter, Van Lieshout Esther M M
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BACKGROUND: Sepsis and subsequent multiple-organ failure are the predominant causes of late mortality in trauma patients. Susceptibility and response to infection is, in part, heritable. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Toll-like receptor (TLR) and cluster of differentiation 14 (CD14) genes of innate immunity may play a key role. The aim of this study was to assess if SNPs in TLR/CD14 predisposed trauma...
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