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TLR3 deletion limits mortality and disease severity due to Phlebovirus infection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Nov 2006
Gowen Brian B, Hoopes Justin D, Wong Min-Hui, Jung Kie-Hoon, Isakson Kevin C, Alexopoulou Lena, Flavell Richard A, Sidwell Robert W
Abstract excerpt
TLR3 was the first member of the TLR family of pattern recognition receptors found to detect a conserved viral molecular pattern, dsRNA, yet supporting evidence for a major role in host defense against viral pathogens is limited. Punta Toro virus (PTV) has been shown to produce severe infection in mice, modeling disease caused by the related highly pathogenic Rift Valley fever phlebovirus in humans and...
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