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An association between single nucleotide polymorphisms within TLR and TREM-1 genes and infective endocarditis.
Cytokine - 1 Jan 2015
Golovkin Alexey S, Ponasenko Anastasia V, Yuzhalin Arseniy E, Salakhov Ramil R, Khutornaya Maria V, Kutikhin Anton G, Rutkovskaya Natalia V, Savostyanova Yulia Yu, Barbarash Leonid S
Abstract excerpt
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an inflammatory condition of the lining of the heart chambers and valves, which is generally caused by bacteria. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREMs) are key effectors of the innate system that play a significant role in the recognition of infectious agents, particularly, bacteria. We hypothesised that inherited variation in TLR and...
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