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BTLA expression contributes to septic morbidity and mortality by inducing innate inflammatory cell dysfunction.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Sept 2012
Shubin Nicholas J, Chung Chun S, Heffernan Daithi S, Irwin Lydea R, Monaghan Sean F, Ayala Alfred
Abstract excerpt
A proper innate inflammatory response is essential for prevention of the systemic inflammation associated with sepsis. BTLA is an immune-regulatory receptor demonstrated to be expressed not only on adaptive immune populations and have potent inhibitory effects on CD4(+) T cells but is also expressed on innate cell populations (CD11c(+) and CD11b(+) cells) and has been shown to diminish pathogen clearance...
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