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Toll-like receptors trigger an innate immune response by activating signaling pathways that are dependent on IRAK kinases. According to Kawagoe et al., the least understood IRAK member, IRAK2, is required for the perpetuation of these signals.

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Figure 1: Contributions of IRAK molecules to TLR signaling.

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  1. Etienne Meylan is at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.,

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  2. Jürg Tschopp is in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Chemin des Boveresses 155, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland. jurg.tschopp@unil.ch,

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Meylan, E., Tschopp, J. IRAK2 takes its place in TLR signaling. Nat Immunol 9, 581–582 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0608-581

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