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CD14 -159C/T polymorphism contributes to the susceptibility to tuberculosis: evidence from pooled 1,700 cases and 1,816 controls.
Molecular biology reports - 1 May 2014
Miao Ruifen, Ge Haibo, Xu Lin, Xu Fei
Abstract excerpt
CD14 is a receptor for lipopolysaccharide and plays an important role in innate immune against infections induced by microorganisms. A functional polymorphism in promoter region of CD14 gene, -159C/T, was extensively investigated with tuberculosis (TB) risk, but the association results were inconclusive. We performed a meta-analysis to synthesize association results of CD14 -159C/T polymorphism with TB risk from...
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