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Viral double-strand RNA-binding proteins can enhance innate immune signaling by toll-like Receptor 3.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Lai Yvonne, Yi Guanghui, Chen Alice, Bhardwaj Kanchan, Tragesser Brady J, Rodrigo A Valverde, Zlotnick Adam, Mukhopadhyay Suchetana, Ranjith-Kumar C T, Kao C Cheng
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like Receptor 3 (TLR3) detects double-stranded (ds) RNAs to activate innate immune responses. While poly(I:C) is an excellent agonist for TLR3 in several cell lines and in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, viral dsRNAs tend to be poor agonists, leading to the hypothesis that additional factor(s) are likely required to allow TLR3 to respond to viral dsRNAs. TLR3 signaling was examined in a lung...
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