During infection or tissue damage, the innate immune system detects and responds to nucleic acids released from pathogens or damaged host cells. Accumulating evidence has showed that specific sequences, modifications or structures of nucleic acids influence their immunomodulatory activities. Resulti
Innate immune recognition of nucleic acids
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- Book ID
- 107572386
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 369 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0257-277X
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