title: Single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes of TLR6 gene in Chinese Cantonese population.
abstract: Sequence polymorphisms in the coding region of Toll-like receptor 6 gene were investigated in Chinese Cantonese population. By amplifying and sequencing a 2787 bp segment containing the entire coding region of TLR6 gene of 191 individuals in Chinese Cantonese population, a total of seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) along with their frequencies were detected. Comparing these data with SNP published in dbSNP database of National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), two SNP (+176T/C and +1408G/T) were firstly reported, and five SNP caused amino-acid substitution. Sixteen haplotypes and their distributions were reconstructed. Linkage disequilibrium analysis and neutrality test were also performed. Comparing with other ethnic populations, Chinese Cantonese displayed obvious differences in TLR6 polymorphism. It may in part reflect the ethnic diversity of pathogen susceptibility and facilitate to develop the disease-association studies as well as population genetics and evolutionary research.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Molecular Biology, Institutes of Life and Health Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D051216:Toll-Like Receptor 6 / Q000235:genetics*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: C495368:TLR6 protein, human; D051216:Toll-Like Receptor 6