Toll-like receptor 4 in acute viral infection: Too much of a good thing

Judith Olejnik; Adam J. Hume; Elke Mühlberger

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007390

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Toll-like receptor 4 in acute viral infection: Too much of a good thing

Judith Olejnik,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Adam J. Hume,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Elke Mühlberger

* E-mail: muehlber@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-9376

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Toll-like receptor 4 in acute viral infection: Too much of a good thing

Judith Olejnik,
Adam J. Hume,
Elke Mühlberger

Published: December 20, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007390

About the Authors

Judith Olejnik

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adam J. Hume

Elke Mühlberger

* E-mail: muehlber@bu.edu

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-9376

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

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