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The pathogen recognition sensor, NOD2, is variably expressed in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

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Background NOD2, an intracellular pathogen recognition sensor, modulates innate defences to muropeptides derived from various bacterial species, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Experimentally, NOD2 attenuates two key putative mycobactericidal mechanisms. TNF-α synthesis is markedly reduced in MTB-antigen stimulated-mononuclear cells expressing mutant NOD2 proteins. NOD2 agonists also induce resistance to apoptosis, and may thus facilitate the surv...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/1471-2334-7-96

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BioMed Central Publisher's website
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BMC Infectious Diseases Journal website
Volume:
7
Article number:
96
Publication date:
2007-08-16
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2007-08-16
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1471-2334
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English
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pubs:66470
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66470
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2012-12-19

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