The association between microsatellite polymorphisms in intron II of the human Toll-like receptor 2 gene and tuberculosis among Koreans

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-155

  Yim, J J ^a   Lee, H W ^a   Lee, H S ^a   Kim, Y W ^a   Han, S K ^a   Shim, Y S ^a   Holland, S M ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellite polymorphism; Toll like receptor 2; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; GUANINE; LUCIFERASE; THYMINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN K 562; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH KOREA; TANDEM REPEAT; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD14; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTRONS; K562 CELLS; KOREA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644761926     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364274     Document Type: Article

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