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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2017

Two SNPs in the promoter region of Toll-like receptor 4 gene are not associated with smoking in Saudi Arabia.

Muhammad Kohailan, Mohammad Alanazi, Mahmoud Rouabhia, Abdullah Al Amri, Narasimha Reddy Parine, Abdelhabib Semlali

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. TSLP and TSLP receptors variants are associated with smoking.Molecular genetics & genomic medicine · 2019
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad KohailanDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad AlanaziDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mahmoud RouabhiaGroupe de Recherche en Écologie Buccale, Département de Stomatologie, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
Abdullah Al AmriDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Narasimha Reddy ParineDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Abdelhabib SemlaliDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SAUniversité Laval · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defects in the innate immune system, particularly in Toll-like receptors (TLRs), have been reported in several cigarette smoke-promoted diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of tobacco smoke on allelic frequencies of TLR4 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and to compare the genotypic distribution of these SNPs in a Saudi Arabian population with that in previously studied populations. DNA was extracted from 303 saliva samples collected from smokers and nonsmokers. Two transitional SNPs in the promoter region of TLR4 were selected, rs2770150 (T/C) and rs10759931 (G/A). Genotype frequencies were determined using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Our results showed a slight effect of smoking on the distribution of rs2770150 and rs10759931. However, the differences were not significant. Thus, we conclude that the SNPs selected for this study were independent of smoking and may not be related to smoking-induced diseases.

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genetic variationpolymorphismsmokingToll-like receptor 4

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