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Genetic selection pressure in TLR9 gene may enforce risk for SLE in Indian Tamils.
Lupus - 1 Mar 2017
Yusuf J H, Kaliyaperumal D, Jayaraman M, Ramanathan G, Devaraju P
Abstract excerpt
Objectives Lupus is a classical systemic autoimmune disease with genetics as one of the well known causative factors for the disease pathogenesis. Toll-like receptors are the major pattern recognition receptors associated with innate immunity and also act as an interface with the adaptive immunity. Genetic polymorphisms in genes encoding TLRs were implicated in the development of infections, malignancies and...
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