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ea0029oc3.5 | Diabetes Clinical | ICEECE2012

Study of toll like receptor 2 and 4 expression in monocytes in type 1 diabetes mellitus with and without micro-vascular complications

Sedek S. , Ahmed W. , Shelbaya S. , Baki R Abd El , Abass M.

Background: Toll-like receptors (TLRS) are a class of proteins that play a key role in the innate immune system. They are single, membrane, non catalytic receptors which are expressed in multiple tissues predominantely cells of the innate immune system especially monocytes. So, they play a critical role in the regulation of immune function and inflammation.Aim of our work: To study the expression of toll-like receptor 2 and 4 on monocytes in T1DM patient...