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Toll-like receptor 2 participates in the response to lung injury in a murine model of pulmonary contusion.
Shock (Augusta, Ga.) - 1 Oct 2007
Hoth J Jason, Hudson William P, Brownlee Noel A, Yoza Barbara K, Hiltbold Elizabeth M, Meredith J Wayne, McCall Charles E
Abstract excerpt
Blunt chest trauma resulting in pulmonary contusion with an accompanying acute inflammatory response is a common but poorly understood injury. We report that Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 participates in the inflammatory response to lung injury. To show this, we use a model of pulmonary contusion in the mouse that is similar to that observed clinically in humans based on histologic, morphologic, and biochemical...
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