Toll receptors and sepsis.
Toll-like receptors are a family of receptors that recognize components of bacteria and induce a proinflammatory response by cells, including macrophages and endothelial cells. Ten human Toll receptors differing in their specificity for microbial components have been cloned. They respond to various...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2001
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