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Moreover, information on the degree of Tlr4 polymorphism in these and other species might allow inferences about the importance of different Tlr4 domains.
3 [ 43 ] . Methylphenidate, the primary stimulant used in pharmacological treatment of ADHD, was shown by PET imaging to block the dopamine transporter [ 44 ] . ADHD patients have also been found to show higher levels of DAT1 in the striatum [ 45 ] . The most well studied polymorphism is a VNTR in the 3' untranslated region of the DAT gene [ 46 ] . Since this VNTR is not in the coding region of the DAT gene, it does not affect the protein sequence of the dopamine transporter, but may affect the translational efficiency and thus the amount of protein expressed.
In this study, we examined the role of the Fok I polymorphism in the translation initiation codon of the VDR gene in 49 healthy, glucose tolerant Caucasians who underwent a standard oral glucose tolerance test.
It is possible, but unlikely, that one of the currently unknown alterations that we found in patients 05 and 06 will eventually be proven a causative mutation rather than a polymorphism.
Similarly, in birds, a polymorphism at the tenascin locus (which lies a few megabases proximal to Tlr4 in mice) predicts susceptibility to Gram-negative infection [ 30], suggesting that it may lie in linkage disequilibrium with a particular form of the avian Tlr4 gene.