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Overexpression of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Amplifies the Host Response to Lipopolysaccharide and Provides a Survival Advantage in Transgenic Mice
1 Jun 2003
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptors are transmembrane proteins that are involved in the innate immune recognition of microbial constituents. Among them, Toll-like receptor 4 (Tlr4) is a crucial signal transducer for LPS, the major component of Gram-negative bacteria outer cell membrane. The contribution of Tlr4 to the host response to LPS and to infection with virulent Salmonella typhimurium was studied in four transgenic (Tg)...
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