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'TaiLoRing' the response of dendritic cells to pathogens

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Cells of the innate and adaptive immune systems often require signals emanating from diverse cell surface receptors for full activation. For dendritic cells, synergistic stimulation by different pairs of Toll-like receptors provides the host with a mechanism to react rapidly and specifically to different pathogens.

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Figure 1: Cooperativity between the signaling pathways operated by TLR3 and TLR7, TLR8 and TLR9.

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