The fungal ligand chitin directly binds TLR2 and triggers inflammation dependent on oligomer size

Abstract Chitin is the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature and linked to fungal infection and asthma. However, bona fide immune receptors directly binding chitin and signaling immune activation and inflammation have not been clearly identified because polymeric crude chitin with unknown pu...

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Main Authors: Fuchs, Katharina (Author) , Frauhammer, Felix (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 18 October 2018
In: EMBO reports
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 12, Pages: e46065
ISSN:1469-3178
DOI:10.15252/embr.201846065
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201846065
Verlag: https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embr.201846065
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Author Notes:Katharina Fuchs, Yamel Cardona Gloria, Olaf-Oliver Wolz, Franziska Herster, Lokesh Sharma, Carly A Dillen, Christoph Täumer, Sabine Dickhöfer, Zsofia Bittner, Truong-Minh Dang, Anurag Singh, Daniel Haischer, Maria A Schlöffel, Kirsten J Koymans, Tharmila Sanmuganantham, Milena Krach, Thierry Roger, Didier Le Roy, Nadine A Schilling, Felix Frauhammer, Lloyd S Miller, Thorsten Nürnberger, Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann, Andrea A Gust, Boris Macek, Martin Frank, Cécile Gouttefangeas, Charles S Dela Cruz, Dominik Hartl and Alexander NR Weber

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