Article
Sepsis and evolution of the innate immune response.
Critical care medicine - 1 Jul 2001
Beutler B, Poltorak A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To review the role of the Toll-like receptors (TLR) as the principal sensors used by the innate immune system in the context of the pathologic processes underlying sepsis and septic shock. DATA SOURCES: Literature review. DATA SUMMARY: Through the Toll-like receptors, macrophages and other defensive cells "see" endotoxin (TLR4), peptidoglycan (TLR2), and bacterial DNA (TLR9). Representatives of the...
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