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Polymorphisms in the Pattern Recognition Receptor Mincle Gene (CLEC4E) and Association with Tuberculosis.
Lung - 1 Oct 2016
Bowker Nicholas, Salie Muneeb, Schurz Haiko, van Helden Paul D, Kinnear Craig J, Hoal Eileen G, Möller Marlo
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The mechanisms involved in interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host innate immune cells determine outcome. Antigen-presenting cells, including macrophages and dendritic cells, express many pattern recognition receptors to identify pathogen-associated molecular patterns, thereby initiating an immune response. A major mycobacterial virulence factor, trehalose-6',6-dimycolate, is recognised by the...
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