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Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) expression is a novel predictive marker for recurrence and survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue

BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) is an immune receptor recognising bacterial flagellin. Activation of TLR5 results in cancer invasion and cytokine release. As certain bacteria have been linked to oral cancer, we wanted to study TLR5 expression in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC). M...

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Autores principales: Kauppila, J H, Mattila, A E, Karttunen, T J, Salo, T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3593548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23287987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.589