Activation of Human Monocytes by Live Borrelia burgdorferi Generates TLR2-Dependent and -Independent Responses Which Include Induction of IFN-β

• Juan C. Salazar ,

  * E-mail: jsalaza@ccmckids.org

  Affiliations Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Star Duhnam-Ems,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Carson La Vake,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Adriana R. Cruz,

  Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas, Cali, Colombia

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• Meagan W. Moore,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Melissa J. Caimano,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Leonor Velez-Climent,

  Affiliations Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Jonathan Shupe,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Winfried Krueger,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Justin D. Radolf

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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