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Toxoplasma gondii- derived profilin triggers human toll-like receptor 5-dependent cytokine production.
Journal of innate immunity - 1 Jan 2014
Salazar Gonzalez Rosa Maria, Shehata Hesham, O'Connell Michael J, Yang Yanfen, Moreno-Fernandez Maria E, Chougnet Claire A, Aliberti Julio
Abstract excerpt
Up to a third of the world's population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Natural infection in humans can be life threatening during pregnancy and in immunocompromised individuals. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 11 is the mouse innate sensor that recognizes T. gondii profilin; however, in humans the TLR11 gene leads to transcription of no functional protein. Herein, by using a multiple sequence alignment phylogenetic...
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