Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces selective upregulation of toll-like receptors in the mononuclear leukocytes of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis
Toll like receptors (TLRs) belong to the pattern recognition receptor (PRR) family which plays an important role in innate immunity by recognising conserved pathogen associated-molecular patterns (PAMPs) present on a wide range of microbes. In general, TLR2 (as a homo- or heterodimer with TLR 1 or 6...
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University College London (University of London)
2006
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