Article
Association of Polymorphisms in IRAK1, IRAK4 and MyD88, and Severe Invasive Pneumococcal Disease.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Sept 2015
Carrasco-Colom Jaume, Jordan Iolanda, Alsina Laia, Garcia-Garcia Juan-José, Cambra-Lasaosa Francisco José, Martín-Mateos María Anunciación, Juan Manel, Muñoz-Almagro Carmen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Severe invasive pneumococcal disease (SIPD) has high morbidity and mortality, conditioned by pneumococcus and host factors, such as Toll-like receptors and their Toll-IL1R common signaling pathway. The objectives of this study are (1) to correlate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in some Toll-IL1R signaling pathway proteins (IRAK1, IRAK4, IRAKM and MyD88) with SIPD by comparing patients...
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