Toll-like receptor 4 expression levels determine the degree of LPS-susceptibility in mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 798-805

  Kalis, Christoph ^a   Kanzler, Benoit ^a   Lembo, Annalisa ^a   Poltorak, Alexander ^b   Galanos, Chris ^a   Freudenberg, Marina A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Toll like receptor; Transgenic animal

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE; MITOGENICITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, LY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 96; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 0037348980     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200323431     Document Type: Review

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