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Association between polymorphisms of TLR2-1-6 and bipolar disorder in a tunisian population.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Nov 2023
Aflouk Youssef, Inoubli Oumaima, Kenz Amira, Yacoub Saloua, Zaafrane Ferid, Gaha Lotfi, Bel Hadj Jrad Besma
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BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex neuropsychiatric disease that has been strongly linked to immune dysregulation. In particular, an abnormal inflammatory response mediated by toll-like receptor 2 - 1/6 (TLR2-1/6) was described in BD. Nevertheless, genetic factors' contribution is still unknown. Thus, we suggested that functional polymorphisms of TLR2, 1 and 6 could be involved in BD predisposition....
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