ANALYZING LIGAND SPECIFICITY TO ASSESS THE EVOLUTION OF TLR4
| dc.contributor.advisor | Harms, Mike | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brown, Corinthia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-30T19:10:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-30T19:10:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Inflammation is a vital process our bodies use to remove foreign entities and help restore function to damaged tissue. However, when inflammation excessively activates it can lead to arthritis, neurodegeneration, and sepsis, which contributes to 11 million deaths a year. Inflammation results from inflammatory cytokines produced by the NF-kB pathway, activated by Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4). We know that certain lipopolysaccharides (LPS) present on gram-negative bacteria drive the dimerization of TLR4 and activate inflammatory cytokine production. However, we do not completely understand the rules which govern TLR4 activation, making it difficult to control this regulator of inflammation, particularly in clinical applications. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | 0009-0002-0920-6884 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/29890 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
| dc.subject | TLR4 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Helix Shifting | en_US |
| dc.subject | Protein Evolution | en_US |
| dc.subject | Internal Signaling Mismatch | en_US |
| dc.subject | Protein Cassette | en_US |
| dc.title | ANALYZING LIGAND SPECIFICITY TO ASSESS THE EVOLUTION OF TLR4 | |
| dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation |