Tissue-specific down-regulation of RIPK 2 in Mycobacterium leprae-infected nu/nu mice

• Main Authors: Byoung Chul Kim (Author), Tae-Jin Kang (Author), Song Hou Jin (Author), Se-Kon Kim (Author), Seong-Boem Lee (Author), Gue-Tae Chae (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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RIPK 2 is adapter molecule in the signal pathway involved in Toll-like receptors. However, there has been no reported association between receptor-interacting serine/threonine kinase 2 (RIPK 2) expression and the infectious diseases involving mycobacterial infection. This study found that its expres...