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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 197, Issue 12, Pages 1787-1791Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20022078
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lipopolysaccharides; toll-like receptor 4; single nucleotide polymorphism; monocytes; innate immunity
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- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-mediated recognition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is required for efficient recognition of Gram-negative bacterial infections. Two commonly occurring mutations in the human TLR4 gene (Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile) have recently been shown to be associated with blunted physiological responses to inhaled LPS, and with increased risk of Gram-negative bacteraemia in sepsis patients and reduced risk of atherosclerosis in an Italian population. Here we show that monocytes from individuals heterozygous for both mutations in the TLR4 gene exhibit no deficit in recognition of LPS of Escherichia coli, Neisseria meningitidis, Bacteroides fragilis, Yersinia pestis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Porphyromonas gingivalis, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We propose that the relatively high frequency of these mutations in the Caucasian population may reflect modified responses of carriers to alternative TLR4 agonists.
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