Human Toll-like receptor 2 mediates induction of the antimicrobial peptide human beta-defensin 2 in response to bacterial lipoprotein

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3131-3137

  Birchler, Thomas ^a   Seibl, Reinhart ^a   Bchner, Katja ^a   Loeliger, Susanne ^a   Seger, Reinhard ^a   Hossle, Johann Peter ^b   Aguzzi, Adriano ^a   Lauener, Roger P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial response; Epithelial defense; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXPOSURE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED KINASES; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035190972     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200111)31:11<3131::AID-IMMU3131>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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