Polymorphisms of the CD14 toll-like receptor 4(TLR4) genes are associated with susceptibility to alcoholic liver disease greek patients
Abstract
Background: Ethanol abuse is a major social and clinical problem with an increasing percent of drinkers developing alcoholic liver disease (ALD). The incidence and severity of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in chronic drinkers has been found to correlate with some environmental factors and especially with the dose of alcohol consumption, but it is obvious that other parameters clearly contribute to individual alcohol susceptibility. Chronic ethanol exposure leads to continuous endotoxin mediated TLR-4 and CD14 activation and subsequent cytokine release resulting in chronic inflammation with continued hepatocellular damage. Therefore genetic studies of polymorphism in TLR-4 and CD14 genes seem to be appropriate in determining genetic susceptibility to ALD. Aim: To evaluate in a series of Greek drinkers the possible association of polymorphisms in the TLR-4 and CD14 genes with ALD. Methods: In 96 patients with ALD polymorphism of TLR-4 and CD14 genes were studied compared with 104 patient ...
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