Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
TLR2
Associated Variants
TLR2 p.Arg677Trp (p.R677W) ( ENST00000260010.7, ENST00000642580.1, ENST00000642700.2, ENST00000643501.2, ENST00000646219.2, ENST00000646900.2, ENST00000714431.1, ENST00000714432.1, ENST00000714433.1, ENST00000714434.1, ENST00000714435.1, ENST00000714436.1 )
TLR2 p.Arg677Trp (p.R677W) ( ENST00000260010.7, ENST00000642580.1, ENST00000642700.2, ENST00000643501.2, ENST00000646219.2, ENST00000646900.2, ENST00000714431.1, ENST00000714432.1, ENST00000714433.1, ENST00000714434.1, ENST00000714435.1, ENST00000714436.1 )
Associated Disease
Leprosy, Lepromatous
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Thus, these results suggest that the TLR2 signal pathway plays a critical role in the alteration of cytokine profiles in PBMC from leprosy patients and the TLR2 mutation Arg677Trp provides a mechanism for the poor cellular immune response associated with lepromatous leprosy.
Pubmed
15270740
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00680590984533586
Year of publication
2004
Drugs