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Impaired TLR5 functionality is associated with survival in melioidosis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Apr 2013
West T Eoin, Chantratita Narisara, Chierakul Wirongrong, Limmathurotsakul Direk, Wuthiekanun Vanaporn, Myers Nicolle D, Emond Mary J, Wurfel Mark M, Hawn Thomas R, Peacock Sharon J, Skerrett Shawn J
Abstract excerpt
Melioidosis is infection caused by the flagellated saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei. TLR5 is a pathogen recognition receptor activated by bacterial flagellin. We studied a genetic variant that encodes a defective TLR5 protein, TLR5(1174C)>T, to elucidate the role of TLR5 in melioidosis. We measured NF-κB activation induced by B. pseudomallei in human embryonic kidney-293 cells transfected with TLR5 and found...
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