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Nod2 deficiency impairs inflammatory and epithelial aspects of the cutaneous wound-healing response.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2013
Campbell Laura, Williams Helen, Crompton Rachel A, Cruickshank Sheena M, Hardman Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
Infection is a significant causative factor in human chronic wounds that fail to heal. Complex innate host response mechanisms have evolved whereby potentially harmful pathogens are recognized by multiple host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), yet understanding of PRR function, or dysfunction, in the context of chronic wounds remains limited. NOD2, a cytoplasmic PRR, has been strongly implicated in chronic...
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