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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-29
pubmed:abstractText
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a pivotal role in an innate immunity system, which controls inflammation responses and further instructs development of adaptive immunity. We enrolled 250 Han Chinese in Taiwan screening for the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TLRs associated with viral infection, including TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, TLR7, TLR8, and TLR9. The 6 SNPs not hitherto identified in Chinese populations, including TLR3 1377 C>T, TLR3 -7 C>A, TLR7 Gln11Leu, TLR7 IVS1+1817 G>T, TLR8 Met1Val, and TLR8 -129 G>C, had minor allele frequencies of 38%, 23%, 22.3%, 3%, 16.0%, and 16.0%, respectively. The frequencies of 2 common SNPs, TLR9, -1486 T>C and 2848 G>A, were 28% and 44%, respectively. As compared with other ethnic populations, Chinese displayed an opposite allele frequency of TLR8 Met1Val and TLR8 -129 G>C to Caucasians and African Americans. In addition, TLR2 Arg677Try, TLR2 Arg753Gln, TLR4 Asp299Gly, and TLR4 Thr399Ile that were apparent in approximately 10% of Caucasians were not detected in Chinese. In conclusion, obvious ethnic differences in TLR polymorphisms may in part reflect the ethnic diversity of host viral susceptibility.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1931-5244
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
311-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic polymorphisms of viral infection-associated Toll-like receptors in Chinese population.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't