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Association of Toll-Like Receptor 3 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Journal of immunology research - 1 Jan 2017
Al-Anazi Mashael R, Matou-Nasri Sabine, Abdo Ayman A, Sanai Faisal M, Alkahtani Saad, Alarifi Saud, Alkahtane Abdullah A, Al-Yahya Hamad, Ali Daoud, Alessia Mohammed S, Alshahrani Bushra, Al-Ahdal Mohammed N, Al-Qahtani Ahmed A
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) plays a key role in innate immunity by recognizing pathogenic, double-stranded RNAs. Thus, activation of TLR3 is a major factor in antiviral defense and tumor eradication. Although downregulation of TLR3 gene expression has been mainly reported in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), the influence of TLR3 genotype on the risk of HCV infection, HCV-related cirrhosis, and/or...
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