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Association of Toll-like receptor 3 and Toll-like receptor 9 single-nucleotide polymorphisms with hepatitis C virus persistence among Egyptians.
Archives of virology - 1 Sept 2018
Hamdy Shaimaa, Osman Ahmed M, Zakaria Zainab A, Galal Iman, Sobhy Maha, Hashem Mohamed, Allam Walaa R, Abdel-Samiee Mohamed, Rewisha Eman, Waked Imam, Abdelwahab Sayed F
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) give the innate immune system a considerable specificity for a large range of pathogens. TLR3 detects dsRNA of viruses while TLR9 recognizes bacterial and viral unmethylated CpG motifs. This study examined whether there is a potential association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the TLR3.rs3775290 (c.1377C/T), TLR9.rs5743836 (-1237T→C) and TLR9.rs352140 (G2848A) genes...
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