The association between Toll-like receptor 2 single-nucleotide polymorphisms and hepatocellular carcinoma susceptibility

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Toll-like receptors (TLR) are key innate immunity receptors participating in an immune response. Growing evidence suggests that mutations of TLR2/TLR9 gene are associated with the progress of cancers. The present study aimed to inves...

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Main Authors: Junjie Xie, Songyao Jiang, Minmin Shi, Yanyan Song, Baiyong Shen, Xiaxing Deng, Jiabin Jin, Xi Zhan, Hao Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/57