Arg753Gln TLR-2 polymorphism in Familial Mediterranean fever: Linking the environment to the phenotype in a monogenic inflammatory disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2498-2500

  Ozen, Seza ^a,b   Berdeli, Afig ^c   Türel, Banu ^b   Kutlay, Sim ^d   Yalcinkaya, Fatos ^d   Arici, Mustafa ^b   Besbas, Nesrin ^b   Bakkaloglu, Aysin ^b   Yilmaz, Engin ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Familial Mediterranean fever; TLR2 polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MONOGENIC DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARGININE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

EID: 33846070178     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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