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Variants of TLR1 associated with tuberculosis susceptibility in the Chinese Tibetan population but not in Han Chinese.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2018
Zhang Miaomiao, Tang Xiaoyan, Wang Yu, Wu Shouquan, Wang Minggui, Liu Qianqian, Sandford Andrew J, He Jian-Qing
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptor 1 (TLR1) participates in the innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This study mainly investigated the relationship between polymorphisms of TLR1 and tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility in the two Chinese populations. Totally, 1185 Han and 1216 Tibetan participants were enrolled. TagSNPs of TLR1 were selected and genotyped. Analyses of linkage disequilibrium and haplotypes were...
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