A common human TLR1 polymorphism regulates the innate immune response to lipopeptides.

Toll-like receptors (TLR) are critical mediators of the immune response to pathogens and human polymorphisms in this gene family regulate inflammatory pathways and are associated with susceptibility to infection. Lipopeptides are present in a wide variety of microbes and stimulate immune responses t...

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Main Authors: Hawn, T, Misch, E, Dunstan, S, Thwaites, G, Lan, N, Quy, H, Chau, T, Rodrigues, S, Nachman, A, Janer, M, Hien, T, Farrar, J, Aderem, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007