Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein

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Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein (LBP) is a soluble protein that binds to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (or LPS) to elicit immune responses by presenting the LPS to important cell surface pattern recognition receptors called CD14 and TLR4.[1]


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  1. ^ Muta and Takeshige. Essential roles of CD14 and lipopolysaccharide-binding protein for activation of toll-like receptor (TLR)2 as well as TLR4: Reconstitution of TLR2- and TLR4-activation by distinguishable ligands in LPS preparations. Eur. J. Biochem. 268, 4580-4589 (2001)
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