Toll-like receptor 2 is expressed by alveolar epithelial cells type II and macrophages in the human lung

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-108

  Droemann, Daniel ^a   Goldmann, Torsten ^a   Branscheid, Detlev ^c   Clark, Ryan ^a   Dalhoff, Klaus ^b   Zabel, Peter ^a,b   Vollmer, Ekkehard ^a  

^a Tuberculosis Center Borstel   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar epithelial cells type II; HOPE fixative; Lung inflammation; Pulmonary host defense; Toll like receptor 2

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037297756     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-003-0497-4     Document Type: Article

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