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Human TOLLIP regulates TLR2 and TLR4 signaling and its polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2012
Shah Javeed A, Vary Jay C, Chau Tran T H, Bang Nguyen D, Yen Nguyen T B, Farrar Jeremy J, Dunstan Sarah J, Hawn Thomas R
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Tuberculosis, one of the leading causes of death worldwide, stimulates inflammatory responses with beneficial and pathologic consequences. The regulation and nature of an optimal inflammatory response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains poorly understood in humans. Insight into mechanisms of negative regulation of the TLR-mediated innate immune response to M. tuberculosis could provide significant breakthroughs...
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