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SUBMITTER: Schenk M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3348859 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schenk Mirjam M Krutzik Stephan R SR Sieling Peter A PA Lee Delphine J DJ Teles Rosane M B RM Ochoa Maria Teresa MT Komisopoulou Evangelia E Sarno Euzenir N EN Rea Thomas H TH Graeber Thomas G TG Kim Soohyun S Cheng Genhong G Modlin Robert L RL
Nature medicine 20120325 4
It is unclear whether the ability of the innate immune system to recognize distinct ligands from a single microbial pathogen via multiple pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) triggers common pathways or differentially triggers specific host responses. In the human mycobacterial infection leprosy, we found that activation of monocytes via nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) by its ligand muramyl dipeptide, as compared to activation via heterodimeric Toll-like rec ...[more]