Serum lipoproteins attenuate macrophage activation and Toll-Like Receptor stimulation by bacterial lipoproteins

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Chlamydia trachomatis </it>was previously shown to express a lipoprotein, the macrophage infectivity potentiator (Mip), exposed at the bacterial surface, and able to stimulate human primary monocytes/macrophages throu...

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Main Authors: James Richard W, Bas Sylvette, Gabay Cem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:BMC Immunology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/11/46