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International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. XCVI. Pattern recognition receptors in health and disease.
Pharmacological reviews - 1 Jan 2015
Bryant Clare E, Orr Selinda, Ferguson Brian, Symmons Martyn F, Boyle Joseph P, Monie Tom P
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Since the discovery of Toll, in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, as the first described pattern recognition receptor (PRR) in 1996, many families of these receptors have been discovered and characterized. PRRs play critically important roles in pathogen recognition to initiate innate immune responses that ultimately link to the generation of adaptive immunity. Activation of PRRs leads to the induction of...
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