Toll-like receptor 4-defective C3H/Hej mice are not more susceptible than other C3H substrains to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4112-4118

  Kamath, Arati B ^a   Alt, Jennifer ^a   Debbabi, Hajer ^a   Behar, Samuel M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LUNG; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037634133     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.4112-4118.2003     Document Type: Article

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