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Heterozygous carriage of a dysfunctional Toll-like receptor 9 allele affects CpG oligonucleotide responses in B cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 Jul 2012
Knezević Jelena, Pavlinić Dinko, Rose William A, Leifer Cynthia A, Bendelja Kreso, Gabrilovac Jelka, Parcina Marijo, Lauc Gordan, Kubarenko Andriy V, Petricevic Branka, Vrbanec Damir, Bulat-Kardum Ljiljana, Bekeredjian-Ding Isabelle, Pavelić Jasminka, Dembić Zlatko, Weber Alexander N R
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Toll-like receptors (TLR) are employed by the innate immune system to detect microbial pathogens based on conserved microbial pathogen molecules. For example, TLR9 is a receptor for CpG-containing microbial DNA, and its activation results in the production of cytokines and type I interferons from human B cells and plasmacytoid dendritic cells, respectively. Both are required for mounting an efficient...
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