Campbell Biology (11th Edition)
Campbell Biology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134093413
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 43, Problem 11TYU
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To explain: The feasibility of treating septic shock with a drug that blocks TLR signaling.

Introduction: The defense system of the organism depends on the effectiveness of their immune system. Organisms have acquired many mechanisms of defense system that protects from pathogens. The innate immune response of invertebrates is specific for a particular group of pathogens. Once bound to receptor of a pathogen molecule, recognition protein initiates the immune response that kills the specific pathogens.

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