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ArticleJournal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology2016

Clinical significance of the single nucleotide polymorphism TLR2 R753Q in heart transplant recipients at risk for cytomegalovirus disease.

Martina Schneider, Teresa Matiqi, Michael Kundi, Franz J J Rieder, Martin Andreas, Robert Strassl, Andreas Zuckermann, Christof Jungbauer, Christoph Steininger

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Article in Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Martina SchneiderDepartment of Medicine I, Div. of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Teresa MatiqiDepartment of Medicine I, Div. of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Michael KundiInstitutes of Environmental Health, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Franz J J RiederDepartment of Medicine I, Div. of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Martin AndreasDepartment of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Robert StrasslDepartment of Laboratory Medicines, Division of Clinical Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Andreas ZuckermannDepartment of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Christof JungbauerBlood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Austrian Red Cross, Vienna, Austria.
Christoph SteiningerDepartment of Medicine I, Div. of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: christoph.steininger@meduniwien.ac.at.
Medical University of Vienna · ATAustrian Red Cross · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 25353Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) is a significant component of innate immunity against cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection but information on the clinical significance of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (R753Q) is conflicting.

objectivesThe inconsistent observations of the immunological and clinical significance of the TLR2 R753Q polymorphism for CMV infection indicates the influence of confounders. STUDY

designThe presence of the TLR2 polymorphism was determined by a genotyping assay of 175 HTX patients and 281 healthy blood donors and evaluated in relation to selected virological and clinical parameters.

resultsRelative frequency of TLR2 polymorphism was similar in HTX patients and blood donors (homozygous wild-type, 94.3% vs. 94.0%; heterozygous, 5.1% vs. 5.7%; homozygous mutated, <1%). CMV viremia was detectable in 108 (61.7%) of HTX patients. The TLR2 polymorphism was neither associated with occurrence or level of CMV infection nor with survival, graft failure or rejection, or CMV serostatus of patient before transplantation. Nevertheless, CMV viremia occurred in 83.1% of R+/D+, 77.1% of R+/D-, and 64.3% of R-/D+ patients. Time of first CMV viremia was in R-/D+ patients later than in CMV-seropositive patients (median, 182days versus 23 days; P<0.001) corresponding to the duration of antiviral prophylaxis in R-/D+ patients.

conclusionsThe TLR2 R753Q polymorphism is extremely rare in the general population and HTX patients. Screening for this risk factor of CMV disease may not be cost-effective in contrast to testing for CMV viremia.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideTransplant RecipientsAdolescentAdultAgedAntiviral AgentsChildCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsFemaleGenotypeHeart TransplantationHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsAntiviral AgentsTLR2 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 2CMV infectionHeart transplantationTLR2 polymorphism

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PMCPMC5705056
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