The TLR9 gene polymorphisms and the risk of cancer: evidence from a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Growing studies have revealed the association between polymorphisms in the Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) and susceptibility to cancer, however, the results remained inconsistent. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To assess the effect of three selected SNPs (rs352140, rs5743836 and rs187084)...

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Main Authors: LuShun Zhang, HaoJie Qin, Xuan Guan, Kui Zhang, ZhiRong Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3747197?pdf=render