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Differential effects of a Toll-like receptor antagonist on Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced macrophage responses.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 2001
Means T K, Jones B W, Schromm A B, Shurtleff B A, Smith J A, Keane J, Golenbock D T, Vogel S N, Fenton M J
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We previously showed that viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) bacilli contain distinct ligands that activate cells via the mammalian Toll-like receptor (TLR) proteins TLR2 and TLR4. We now demonstrate that expression of a dominant negative TLR2 or TLR4 proteins in RAW 264.7 macrophages partia...
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