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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adhesins, Bacterial, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cell Line, Cytokines, Female, Humans, Lipopolysaccharide Receptors, Lipoproteins, Macrophage Activation, Macrophages, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Molecular Sequence Data, Mycoplasma hominis, Toll-Like Receptor 2.
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Is a potential pathogenic factor from Mycoplasma hominis a TLR2-dependent , macrophage-activating , P50-related adhesin? Context: Mycoplasma hominis has been implicated in many inflammatory conditions of the human urogenital tract in particular amniotic infections that lead to fetal and neonatal disease and pre-term labor. The mechanisms responsible are poorly defined. Biochemical and immunological methods were used to extract, purify, and characterize an inflammatory component present in M. hominis. We isolated and purified to homogeneity a 40-kDa bioactive lipoprotein from M. hominis that was a potent TLR2-dependent, CD14-independent activator of the human THP-1 macrophage cell line. Homology searches of the N-terminal sequence revealed that 22 of the first 23 residues were identical to those seen for the phase-variable M. hominis p50 adhesin. The truncated P50t lipoprotein importantly retained its adhesive properties for human macrophages.
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The unique adhesin/macrophage activator may play a key role in M. hominis infections by triggering an inflammatory cytokine cascade. Final Decision: yes