Palmitic acid is a toll-like receptor 4 ligand that induces human dendritic cell secretion of IL-1β.

Palmitic acid (PA) and other saturated fatty acids are known to stimulate pro-inflammatory responses in human immune cells via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). However, the molecular mechanism responsible for fatty acid stimulation of TLR4 remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that PA functions as a lig...

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Main Authors: Dequina A Nicholas, Kangling Zhang, Christopher Hung, Shane Glasgow, Aruni Wilson Aruni, Juli Unternaehrer, Kimberly J Payne, William H R Langridge, Marino De Leon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5413048?pdf=render