Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
TLR4
Associated Variants
TLR4 MUTATION
TLR4 MUTATION
Associated Disease
Infectious disease of lung
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a recently discovered potent pro-inflammatory cytokine, plays an important role in PA lung infections by compromising innate immunity via impairing phagocyte function through toll-like receptors (TLR) TLR2 and TLR4.
Pubmed
24099632
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_2/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
2
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
6
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.000542883744160607
Drugs