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Bacterial peptidoglycan-induced tnf-alpha transcription is mediated through the transcription factors Egr-1, Elk-1, and NF-kappaB.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 2001
Xu Z, Dziarski R, Wang Q, Swartz K, Sakamoto K M, Gupta D
Abstract excerpt
Bacteria and their ubiquitous cell wall component peptidoglycan (PGN) activate the innate immune system of the host and induce the release of inflammatory molecules. TNF-alpha is one of the highest induced cytokines in macrophages stimulated with PGN; however, the regulation of tnf-alpha expression in PGN-activated cells is poorly understood. This study was done to identify some of the transcription factors that...
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