TLR4 Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile polymorphims are very rare in the Chinese population

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 238-240

  Hang, Jingqing ^a   Zhou, Wei ^b   Zhang, Hongxi ^a   Sun, Bixiong ^a   Dai, Helian ^a   Su, Li ^b   Christiani, David C ^b  

^a Shanghai Putuo Dist People's Hosp ^*  (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asp299Gly; Chinese population; Thr399Ile; TLR4 polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; ENDOTOXIN; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; THREONINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SILK; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 8344273561     PISSN: 09680519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096805104225005841     Document Type: Article

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