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Vol 59(2025) N 1 p. 142-151; DOI 10.1134/S002689332470078X ![]() S.A. Salamaikina1,2*, V.I. Korchagin1, K.O. Mironov1 Development of Multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR to Determine the Expression Levels of Toll-Like Receptor Genes 1Central Institute of Epidemiology, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Moscow, 111123 Russia2Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow oblast, 141701 Russia *salamaykina@cmd.su Received - 2024-03-07; Revised - 2024-06-05; Accepted - 2024-06-18 Immune response gene expression analysis is an important task in studies of interactions between a host and an infectious agent. Many approaches to this task have been developed, but despite significant progress, the problem of selecting a single standard for data normalization remains unsolved. In the present work, HPRT1, SDHA, GAPDH, and TBP were selected as candidate reference genes with stable expression, and a system based on multiplex real-time RT-PCR was developed for their analysis. Calculations using the geNorm and BestKeeper algorithms made it possible to create a stable index based on two genes, HPRT1 and SDHA. The index was used to normalize the expression levels of the target Toll-like receptor genes (TLRs) TLR1, TLR2, TLR4, TLR6, and TLR8. A high stability and positive mutual correlations were observed for expression values of the TLR genes (except TLR6) in a sample of healthy individuals. The finding suggested common mechanisms of expression regulation and confirmed that the multiplex system is suitable for analyzing expression of immune response genes. Toll-like receptors, real-time RT-PCR, housekeeping genes, expression |