title: Genetic contribution in sporadic thoracic aortic aneurysm? Emerging evidence of genetic variants related to TLR-4-mediated signaling pathway as risk determinants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, Corso Tukory 211, Palermo 90134, Italy. Electronic address: carmelarita.balistreri@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Carmela Rita
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Balistreri
mesh_terms: D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics*; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4
keywords: Biomarkers; Genetic variants; Sporadic thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) and dissections; Targets for new personalized therapeutic treatments