Pneumococcal lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is not as potent as staphylococcal LTA in stimulating Toll-like receptor 2

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5541-5548

  Han, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Je Hak ^a   Martin, Michael ^b   Michalek, Suzanne M ^b   Nahm, Moon H ^a,b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0141446169     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5541-5548.2003     Document Type: Article

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