Polymorphisms in Toll‐Like Receptor Genes and Susceptibility to Pulmonary Aspergillosis
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- 15 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 197 (4), 618-621
- https://doi.org/10.1086/526500
Abstract
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important components of innate immunity.Weinvestigated the association between polymorphisms in the TLR2, TLR4, and TLKeywords
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