title: Toll-like receptor 2 polymorphisms and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung diseases.
abstract: To investigate the occurrence of the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) polymorphisms in patients with pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), TLR2 Arg677Trp and Arg753Gln polymorphisms were examined. TLR2 polymorphisms do not appear to be responsible for host susceptibility to NTM lung disease, at least in the Korean population.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
authors.forename: Yon Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Eun Joo
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Won-Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Hojoong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: O Jung
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Jung Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2