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Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) in Health and Disease: An Overview.
Handbook of experimental pharmacology - 1 Jan 2022
Kumar Vijay, Barrett James E
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Toll-like receptors were discovered as proteins playing a crucial role in the dorsoventral patterning during embryonic development in the Drosophila melanogaster (D. melanogaster) almost 40 years ago. Subsequently, further research also showed a role of the Toll protein or Toll receptor in the recognition of Gram-positive bacterial and fungal pathogens infecting D. melanogaster. In 1997, the human homolog was...
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