ea0032p372 | Diabetes | ECE2013
Mesci Banu
, Eren Pinar
, Kiziltas Safak
, Oguz Aytekin
, Tuncer Ilyas
, Kostek Osman
, Colak Yasar
Introduction: Type two diabetes (T2DM), is the most common form of diabetes and known to be associated with low-grade inflammation. Since TLR-4 plays an important role in bacteriel recognition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and activation of proinflammatory pathways we aimed of to test whether TLR-4 gene polymorphism plays a protective role in the development of T2DM in a pilot Turkish population.Description of methods/design: Blood samples were collected f...