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Madhura Punekar

University Medical Center GroningenORCID 0000-0001-7557-9289Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintOct 2, 2026

A TLR2-associated entry pathway promotes productive dengue virus serotype 2 infection and inflammatory responses in classical monocytes

Jorge Andrés Castillo, Madhura Punekar, Vinit Upasani…·Izabela A. Rodenhuis‐Zybert

This study shows that TLR2 promotes DENV2 infection and inflammation in classical monocytes, with subset-specific effects and implications for endothelial barrier disruption.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.30.755835

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