The major surface protein of Wolbachia endosymbionts in filarial nematodes elicits immune responses through TLR2 and TLR4

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 437-445

  Brattig, Norbert W ^a   Bazzocchi, Chiara ^b   Kirschning, Carsten J ^d   Reiling, Norbert ^c   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a   Ceciliani, Fabrizio ^b   Geisinger, Frank ^a   Hochrein, Hubertus ^d   Ernst, Martin ^c   Wagner, Hermann ^d   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Hoerauf, Achim ^e  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 8; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLBACHIA SURFACE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELMINTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TH1 CELL; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 2942744663     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.1.437     Document Type: Article

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