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Pattern recognition receptor
Pattern recognition receptors, or PRRs, are proteins expressed by cells of the immune system to identify molecules associated with microbial pathogens or cellular stress. The microbe-specific molecules that are recognized by a given PRR are called as PAMPs: pathogen-associated molecular patterns and include bacterial carbohydrates (e.
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