ArticleInflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.]2013
Coding variants of TLR2 and TLR4 genes do not substantially contribute to prosthetic joint infection.
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- The relationship between 896A/G (rs4986790) polymorphism ofFrontiers in genetics · 2022Pooled it
- The role of TLR4 896 A>G and 1196 C>T in susceptibility to infections: a review and meta-analysis of genetic association studies.PloS one · 2013Pooled it
- Genomic Insights into Host Susceptibility to Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Comprehensive Literature Review.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the development of osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint infection: a narrative review.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Perioperative Joint Infection following Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE AND
designProsthetic joint infection (PJI) is a severe complication of total joint arthroplasty (TJA). We conducted a genetic association study that investigated whether selected coding variants of the genes for Toll-like receptors (TLR)2 and TLR4 may contribute to genetic susceptibility for PJI. SUBJECTS AND
methodsIn total, 350 patients with TJA (98 with PJI/252 without PJI), and 189 unrelated healthy Czech individuals without TJA were enrolled in our study. Three missense polymorphisms of the genes encoding for TLR2 (TLR2 R753Q, rs5743708) and TLR4 (TLR4 D299G, rs4986790 and T399I, rs4986791) were genotyped by "TaqMan" assay.
resultsThe frequencies of less common variants for the investigated TLR2/TLR4 polymorphisms in healthy individuals were similar to those observed in other Caucasian populations. Importantly, the distribution of TLR2/TLR4 genotype alleles did not differ between the patients with PJI and the control groups of patients with nonseptic prostheses/healthy individuals.
conclusionOur data suggest that structural genetic variants of the receptors TLR2 and TLR4 do not substantially affect the risk of prosthetic joint infection.
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