Toll-Like Receptor 4-Dependent Activation of Dendritic Cells by β-Defensin 2

By A. Biragyn, P. Ruffini, C. Leifer, E. Klyushnenkova, A. Shakhov, O. Chertov, A. Shirakawa, J. Farber, D. Segal, J. Oppenheim and 1 more. Science, 2002

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Subfields: Immunology, Microbiology

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In Immunology

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• The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors (2010, background): “The antimicrobial peptide β-defensin 2, which directly neutralizes invading microbes and is produced in response to infection in mucosal tissue and skin, activates immature DCs via TLR4 to induce the upregulation of costimulatory molecules, which leads to the induction of effective adaptive immune r”