BMC infectious diseases

BMC Infect Dis · ISSN (e) 1471-2334 · 26 papers in corpus

observational 2005

The CD14 functional gene polymorphism -260 C>T is not involved in either the susceptibility to Chlamydia trachomatis infection or the development of tubal pathology

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-5-114 ·PMID:16368002

BACKGROUND: The functional polymorphism -260 C>T in the LPS sensing TLR4 co-receptor CD14 gene enhances the transcriptional activity and results in a higher CD14 receptor density. Individuals carrying the T/T genotype also have significantl…