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SUBMITTER: Wang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3458374 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Zhaojun Z Fayngerts Svetlana S Wang Peng P Sun Honghong H Johnson Derek S DS Ruan Qingguo Q Guo Wei W Chen Youhai H YH
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120904 38
Phagocytosis and oxidative burst are two major effector arms of innate immunity. Although it is known that both are activated by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and Rac GTPases, how their strengths are controlled in quiescent and TLR-activated cells is not clear. We report here that TIPE2 (TNFAIP8L2) serves as a negative regulator of innate immunity by linking TLRs to Rac. TLRs control the expression levels of TIPE2, which in turn dictates the strengths of phagocytosis and oxidative burst by binding ...[more]