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Association of Toll like receptor 2 and 9 gene variants with pulmonary tuberculosis: exploration in a northern Indian population

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of global importance. There is an increasing recognition of the role of Toll like receptors, important pattern recognition receptors of host immune system, in determining the susceptibility or resistance to TB in various populations. In an attempt to examine the importance of Toll like receptors in immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, we explored two variants each of TLR2 and TLR9 in a population residing in Uttar Pradesh, India. Genotyping was performed to detect -196 to -174 del polymorphism and G2258A SNP (Arg753Gln, rs5743708) in TLR2 gene and -T1237C (rs5743836) and G2848A (rs352140) SNP in TLR9 gene in patients with pulmonary TB and healthy controls. The A allele of G2848A SNP in TLR9 gene was found with a marginally higher frequency among TB patients as compared to healthy controls, suggesting that A allele at position 2848 of TLR9 gene may be associated with susceptibility to TB in North Indian population [p = 0.05, Mantel–Haenszel OR = 1.34, 95% CI (1.0–1.82)].

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Lutz Hamann (Institute for Microbiology and Hygiene, Charite-University Medicine Berlin), for his kind help in the designing of primers and probes for TLR9 G2848A SNP. We also thank the technical staff of Immunology and Microbiology lab for their help. Our sincere thanks to Dr Subramanyam Vemulpad (Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109) for editing the manuscript. We thank Dr Ekata Sinha for useful discussion during manuscript revision.

Funding

This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India through SERC programme [Grant No. DST No: SR/SO/HS-54/2003]. Part of the funding was obtained from Institute Intramural funding supported by Indian Council of Medical Research. JRF (NET) and SRF (NET) of Mayank Mittal was funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India [Grant No. 09/830(0008)/2006-EMR-I].

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  1. Vishwa Mohan Katoch

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  2. Ram Das

    Present address: National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector 8, Dwarka, Delhi, 110077, India

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  1. Immunology Division, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), Taj Ganj, Agra, 282004, India

    Mayank Mittal, Sanjay Kumar Biswas, Vandana Singh, Nidhi Arela & Keshar Kunja Mohanty

  2. Molecular Biology Division, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), Agra, 282004, India

    Vishwa Mohan Katoch & Ram Das

  3. Biostatistics & Epidemiology Unit, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), Agra, 282004, India

    Virendra Singh Yadav

  4. State TB Demonstration and Training Centre, Agra, 282005, India

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Mittal, M., Biswas, S.K., Singh, V. et al. Association of Toll like receptor 2 and 9 gene variants with pulmonary tuberculosis: exploration in a northern Indian population. Mol Biol Rep 45, 469–476 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-018-4182-z

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