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Alcohol functionally upregulates Toll-like receptor 2 in airway epithelial cells

BACKGROUND: Alcoholics are known to have more severe airway diseases of the lung, such as bronchitis. Little is known about why this phenomenon is observed. We hypothesized that alcohol may modulate Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), which regulates inflammation caused by gram-positive bacteria. METHODS:...

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Main Authors: Bailey, Kristina L., Wyatt, Todd A., Romberger, Debra J., Sisson, Joseph H.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 2008
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2665872/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19120068
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00862.x
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