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1Department of Immunology, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
The Toll genes code for activation receptors for innate microbial defence in insects and have recently been found to code for the Lps receptor in murine B lymphocytes. In this study, I will present evidence to show that this family of receptors are responsible for induction of specific thymus-independent immune responses in mice. T cells do not possess these pattern-recognizing receptors, but they possess structures capable of delivering activation signals to these receptors on B cells.
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