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Lipopolysaccharides

Endotoxins in bacterial cell walls.

Contain lipid A.

  • Trigger immune response (Nature Reviews Immunology, 2003).
  • Found in Gram-negative bacteria (Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005).
  • Linked to sepsis (Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2001).

Present in bacteria.