Contribution of Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in an oral Yersinia enterocolitica mouse infection model

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 341-348

  Sing, Andreas ^a   Tvardovskaia, Natalia ^a   Rost, Dagmar ^a   Kirschning, Carsten J ^b   Wagner, Hermann ^b   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial proteins; Immunity; Immunosuppression; Inflammation; Monocytes macrophages; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

EID: 0344739969     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00277     Document Type: Article

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