Toll-like Receptor 4 Polymorphisms and Aspergillosis in Stem-Cell Transplantation
Author(s) -
PierreYves Bochud,
Jason W. Chien,
Kieren A. Marr,
Wendy M. Leisenring,
Arlo Upton,
Marta Janer,
Stéphanie Rodrigues,
Sarah Li,
John A. Hansen,
Lue Ping Zhao,
Alan Aderem,
Michael Boeckh
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0802629
Subject(s) - aspergillosis , odds ratio , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , hazard ratio , immunology , single nucleotide polymorphism , medicine , transplantation , haplotype , oncology , biology , genotype , confidence interval , genetics , gene
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are essential components of the immune response to fungal pathogens. We examined the role of TLR polymorphisms in conferring a risk of invasive aspergillosis among recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplants.
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