Common polymorphisms in TLR4 gene associated with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in the Sudanese

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 934-940

  Zaki, H Y ^a,b   Leung, K H ^b   Yiu, W C ^b   Gasmelseed, N ^a   Elwali, N E M ^a   Yip, Shea Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Case control study; Genetic predisposition; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TLR4 GENE; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; SUDAN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SUDAN; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

TLR4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84862187340     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0517     Document Type: Article

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