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Toll-like receptor polymorphisms (TLR2 and TLR4) association with the risk of infectious complications in cardiac surgery patients.
Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University - 1 Jan 2023
Żukowska Agnieszka, Ciechanowicz Andrzej, Kaczmarczyk Mariusz, Brykczyński Mirosław, Żukowski Maciej
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BACKGROUND: Postoperative infection is a common healthcare-associated problem, and unfortunately, a serious complication in cardiac surgery patients. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are crucial in activating non-specific immunity mechanisms and integrating elements of the immune system, due to interactions between specific and non-specific responses. OBJECTIVES: In this study, the association of TLR2 or TLR4 with the...
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