Lower frequency of TLR9 variant associated with protection from breast cancer among African Americans

• Madison R. Chandler ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Madison R. Chandler, Kimberly S. Keene

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

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• Kimberly S. Keene ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Madison R. Chandler, Kimberly S. Keene

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Johanna M. Tuomela,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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• Andres Forero-Torres,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Renee Desmond,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Katri S. Vuopala,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi, Finland

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• Kevin W. Harris,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Nancy D. Merner,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

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• Katri S. Selander

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Katriselander@uabmc.edu

  Affiliations Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi, Finland, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4812-294X

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