Effects of Toll-like receptor 2 agonist Pam3CysSK4 on inflammation and brain damage in experimental pneumococcal meningitis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 28-31

  Sellner, Johann ^a   Grandgirard, Denis ^b   Gianinazzi, Christian ^b   Landmann, Regine M ^c   Leib, Stephen L ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hippocampal injury; Inflammation; Pam3CysSK4; Pneumococcal meningitis; Toll like receptor2

Indexed keywords

[N PALMITOYL 2 [2,3 BIS (PALMITOYLOXY) PROPYL] CYSTEINYL SERYL (LYSYL)3 LYSINE]; GELATINASE B; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; LIPOPEPTIDES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 58149235028     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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