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TISSUE ANTIGENS
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages 102-109Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01481.x
Keywords
polymorphism; severity; susceptibility; Toll-like receptor; tuberculosis
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
- DOTS center at AIIMS
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Genetic polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor 4, TLR4 896 A/G (Asp299Gly) and 1196 C/T (Thr399Ile) have been reported to influence TLR4 function and the innate host immune response to mycobacteria. We investigated the effect of these single nucleotide polymorphisms on susceptibility and severity of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in the Asian Indian population. A significantly increased frequency of TLR4 Asp299Gly mutation was observed in the patient group (17%) as compared with healthy controls [8.8%, chi(2) = 10.7, P = 0.001, odds ratio(OR) = 2.1]. On the other hand, the TLR4 Thr399Ile mutation occurred with comparable frequencies in the two groups (12.6% among patients and 9% in healthy controls). The PTB patients were categorized on the basis of their bacillary load as 3+, 2+, 1+, negative and on the extent of lung involvement as having minimal, moderate, and far-advanced lung disease. The 299Gly mutant occurred in homozygous state (GG) only in patients with high bacillary load (3+) and those with far-advanced lung disease. Similarly, the mutant 399Ile was significantly pronounced in these patients in the homozygous state (TT). The present data suggest that TLR4 substitutions at residues 299 and 399 are associated with pulmonary TB, particularly, the most severe disease.
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