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Innate immune detection of flagellin positively and negatively regulates salmonella infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Lai Marvin A, Quarles Ellen K, López-Yglesias Américo H, Zhao Xiaodan, Hajjar Adeline M, Smith Kelly D
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a flagellated bacterium and one of the leading causes of gastroenteritis in humans. Bacterial flagellin is required for motility and also a prime target of the innate immune system. Innate immune recognition of flagellin is mediated by at least two independent pathways, TLR5 and Naip5-Naip6/NlrC4/Caspase-1. The functional significance of each of the two independent...
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