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TLR4 polymorphisms and ageing: implications for the pathophysiology of age-related diseases.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2009
Balistreri Carmela Rita, Colonna-Romano Giuseppina, Lio Domenico, Candore Giuseppina, Caruso Calogero
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INTRODUCTION: Innate immunity provides a first line of host defense against infection by recognizing and killing microbes while simultaneously activating an instructive immune response. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are principal mediators of rapid microbial recognition and function mainly by detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns that do not exist in the host. Recognition of their ligands leads to a...
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