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SIGIRR puts the brakes on Toll-like receptors

Members of the Toll-like receptor–interleukin 1 receptor superfamily signal inflammatory responses. However, a member of this family is now shown to modulate these responses by acting as a negative regulator.

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Figure 1: The 'on' and 'off' of TLR4 signal transduction.

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O'Neill, L. SIGIRR puts the brakes on Toll-like receptors. Nat Immunol 4, 823–824 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0903-823

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