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Toll receptors and sepsis.
Current opinion in critical care - 1 Oct 2001
Read R C, Wyllie D H
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptors are a family of receptors that recognize components of bacteria and induce a proinflammatory response by cells, including macrophages and endothelial cells. Ten human Toll receptors differing in their specificity for microbial components have been cloned. They respond to various components, including lipopolysaccharide of Gram-negative bacteria, lipopeptides of Gram-positive cell walls,...
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