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Cooperation between PU.1 and CAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta is necessary to induce the expression of the MD-2 gene.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 25 Sept 2009
Tissières Pierre, Araud Tanguy, Ochoda Agnieszka, Drifte Geneviève, Dunn-Siegrist Irène, Pugin Jérôme
Abstract excerpt
Myeloid differentiation factor 2 (MD-2) binds Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide with high affinity and is essential for Toll-like receptor 4-dependent signal transduction. MD-2 has recently been recognized as a type II acute phase protein. Plasma concentrations of the soluble form of MD-...
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