Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) plays a major role in innate resistance in the lung against murine Mycoplasma.
Mycoplasma lipoproteins are recognized by Toll-like receptors (TLR), but TLRs' role in responses to infection are unknown. Mycoplasma pulmonis is a naturally occurring respiratory pathogen in mice. In the current study, we used TLR-transfected HEK cells and TLR2(-/-) bone marrow-derived dendrit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2874016?pdf=render |