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The effect of CD14 and TLR4 gene polymorphisms on asthma phenotypes in adult Turkish asthma patients: a genetic study.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 13 Feb 2014
Sahin Füsun, Yıldız Pınar, Kuskucu Ayşegül, Kuskucu Mert Ahmet, Karaca Nilgün, Midilli Kenan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Endotoxins stimulate T helper 1 cell maturation and send a negative signal to T helper 2 polarisation. This causes a decrease IgE levels and prevents atopy (Hygiene hypothesis). It is shown that this response is under genetic control by polymorphisms in CD14 and TLR4 genes in some researchs. We aimed to investigate the effects of genetic variants of CD14 (-) and TLR4 (Asp299Gly, Thr399Ile) genes on...
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