Functional Characterization of TLR4 +3725 G/C Polymorphism and Association with Protection against Overweight

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Penas Steinhardt, Alberto ^a   Barcos, Lucía Soledad ^a,e   Belforte, Fiorella Sabrina ^a   de Sereday, Martha ^b   Vilariño, Jorge ^c   Gonzalez, Claudio Daniel ^a   Martínez Larrad, María Teresa ^d   Tellechea, Mariana Lorena ^a   Serrano Ríos, Manuel ^d   Poskus, Edgardo ^a   Frechtel, Gustavo Daniel ^a   Leskow, Federico Coluccio ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Fiorito   (Argentina)

^c FLENI   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4 GENE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADIPONECTIN; ADULT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SMOKING; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84871113198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050992     Document Type: Article

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