The Peptide Sequence of Diacyl Lipopeptides Determines Dendritic Cell TLR2-Mediated NK Activation

• Masahiro Azuma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiro Azuma, Ryoko Sawahata, Yuusuke Akao

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Ryoko Sawahata ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiro Azuma, Ryoko Sawahata, Yuusuke Akao

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Yuusuke Akao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiro Azuma, Ryoko Sawahata, Yuusuke Akao

  Current address: Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Takashi Ebihara,

  Current address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Sayuri Yamazaki,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Misako Matsumoto,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Masahito Hashimoto,

  Affiliation Department of Nanostructure and Advanced Materials, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Koichi Fukase,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan

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• Yukari Fujimoto,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan

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• Tsukasa Seya

  * E-mail: seya-tu@pop.med.hokudai.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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