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Moraxella catarrhalis activates murine macrophages through multiple toll like receptors and has reduced clearance in lungs from TLR4 mutant mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Hassan Ferdaus, Ren Dabin, Zhang Wenhong, Merkel Tod J, Gu Xin-Xing
Abstract excerpt
Moraxella catarrhalis is a gram negative bacterium and a leading causative agent of otitis media (OM) in children. Several recent reports have provided strong evidence for an association between toll like receptors and OM. It has been found that both Streptococcus pneumoniae and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae activate host protective immune responses through toll like receptors (TLRs), however, the precise...
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