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SUBMITTER: Weng PH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4215920 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weng Pei-Hsuan PH Huang Yi-Ling YL Page John H JH Chen Jen-Hau JH Xu Jianfeng J Koutros Stella S Berndt Sonja S Chanock Stephen S Yeager Meredith M Witte John S JS Eeles Rosalind A RA Easton Douglas F DF Neal David E DE Donovan Jenny J Hamdy Freddie C FC Muir Kenneth R KR Giles Graham G Severi Gianluca G Smith Jeffrey R JR Balistreri Carmela R CR Shui Irene M IM Chen Yen-Ching YC
PloS one 20141031 10
<h4>Background</h4>Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is one of the best known TLR members expressed on the surface of several leukocytes and tissue cells and has a key function in detecting pathogen and danger-associated molecular patterns. The role of TLR4 in the pathophysiology of several age-related diseases is also well recognized, such as prostate cancer (PCa). TLR4 polymorphisms have been related to PCa risk, but the relationship between TLR4 genotypes and aggressive PCa risk has not been evalua ...[more]