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Pathogen specific cytokine release reveals an effect of TLR2 Arg753Gln during Candida sepsis in humans.
Cytokine - 1 Mar 2008
Woehrle Tobias, Du Weidong, Goetz Achim, Hsu Hsin-Yun, Joos Thomas O, Weiss Manfred, Bauer Ute, Brueckner Uwe B, Marion Schneider E
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are crucial pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) for activation of innate and adapted immunity. TLR2 heterodimerizes with TLR1 or TLR6 to recognize multiple pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) of fungi, Gram-positive pathogens, and mycobacteria. Receptor acti...
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