A case–control study of innate immunity pathway gene polymorphisms in Puerto Ricans reveals association of toll-like receptor 2 +596 variant with asthma

BACKGROUND: For many years, African Dust Storms (ADE) has been thought to be associated with high prevalence of asthma in Puerto Rico (PR). Endotoxins (ENX) have been associated with ADE particulate matter (PM) and are known to promote pro-inflammatory responses in lung cells of susceptible individu...

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Autores principales: Ortiz-Martínez, Mario G., Frías-Belén, Orquídea, Nazario-Jiménez, Sylvette, López-Quintero, María, Rodríguez-Cotto, Rosa I., Jiménez-Vélez, Braulio D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27495363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0272-7

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