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The importance of Toll-like receptor 2 polymorphisms in severe infections.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Nov 2005
Texereau Joelle, Chiche Jean-Daniel, Taylor William, Choukroun Gerald, Comba Beatrice, Mira Jean-Paul
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) is a member of the TLR family, which plays a central role in the innate immune response to a wide variety of microorganisms. Animal studies have shown that TLR2-knockout mice are more susceptible to septicemia due to Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes, meningitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, and infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, suggesting that functional...
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