Article
Toll-like receptor 3 gene polymorphisms are not associated with the risk of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Sá Keyla Santos Guedes de, Pires-Neto Orlando de Souza, Santana Barbara Brasil, Gomes Samara Tatielle Monteiro, Amoras Ednelza da Silva Graça, Conde Simone Regina da Silva, Demachki Sâmia, Azevedo Vânia Nakauth, Machado Luiz Fernando Almeida, Martins-Feitosa Rosimar Neris, Ishak Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães, Ishak Ricardo, Vallinoto Antonio Carlos Rosário
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The present study investigated the prevalence of two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) gene in patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). METHODS: Samples collected from HCV (n = 74) and HBV (n = 35) carriers were subjected to quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) to detect the presence of the SNPs rs5743305 and rs3775291 in TLR3...
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