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A common dominant TLR5 stop codon polymorphism abolishes flagellin signaling and is associated with susceptibility to legionnaires' disease.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 17 Nov 2003
Hawn Thomas R, Verbon Annelies, Lettinga Kamilla D, Zhao Lue Ping, Li Shuying Sue, Laws Richard J, Skerrett Shawn J, Beutler Bruce, Schroeder Lea, Nachman Alex, Ozinsky Adrian, Smith Kelly D, Aderem Alan
Abstract excerpt
Although Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are critical mediators of the immune response to pathogens, the influence of polymorphisms in this gene family on human susceptibility to infection is poorly understood. We demonstrated recently that TLR5 recognizes flagellin, a potent inflammatory stimulus pre...
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