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Review
. 2013 Jan 1;5(1):a011247.
doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a011247.

Toll-like receptor signaling

Kian-Huat Lim  1 , Louis M Staudt
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Review

Toll-like receptor signaling

Kian-Huat Lim et al. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. .

Abstract

Toll-like receptors sense pathogen-associated molecular patterns (e.g., lipopolysaccharides) and trigger gene-expression changes that ultimately eradicate the invading microbes.

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Figure 1.
TLR signaling (simplified view).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
TLR signaling. (Adapted with kind permission of Cell Signaling Technology [http://www.cellsignal.com].)
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