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Lipoproteins in Streptococcus gordonii are critical in the infection and inflammatory responses.
Molecular immunology - 1 Sept 2018
Kim Hyun Young, Kim A Reum, Seo Ho Seong, Baik Jung Eun, Ahn Ki Bum, Yun Cheol-Heui, Han Seung Hyun
Abstract excerpt
Gram-positive bacteria such as Streptococcus gordonii causing life-threatening infective endocarditis are mainly recognized by Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) and lipoproteins are representative TLR2 ligands that play important roles in bacterial infection and in host inflammatory responses. In the present study, we generated an LTA-deficient mutant (ΔltaS) and a lipoprotein-deficient mutant...
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