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Association of Toll-like Receptor 4 Gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Chinese population.
Journal of diabetes - 1 Jul 2015
Peng Danfeng, Jiang Feng, Zhang Rong, Tang Shanshan, Chen Miao, Yan Jing, Sun Xue, Luo Yi, Hu Cheng, Jia Weiping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays an important role in innate immunity. Activation of innate immune response and subsequent chronic low-grade inflammation are thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association of TLR4 variants with type 2 diabetes in the Chinese population. METHODS: Seven tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of...
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