Article
The genetics of innate immunity.
Chest - 1 Mar 2002
Schwartz David A
Abstract excerpt
Despite the tremendous interindividual variability in the response to toxins, we simply do not understand why certain people have disease develop when challenged with toxic agents, and why others remain healthy. To address this concern, we investigated whether the TLR-4 gene (toll-like receptor [TLR]4), which has been shown to affect lipopolysaccharide (LPS) responsiveness in mice, underlies the variability in...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Bronchial Hyperreactivity
- Bronchial Provocation Tests
- Drosophila Proteins
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Mutation
- Mutation, Missense