Distinct roles for MyD88 and toll-like receptor 2 during Leishmania braziliensis infection in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2948-2956

  Vargas Inchaustegui, Diego A ^a   Tai, Wendy ^b   Xin, Lijun ^a   Hogg, Alison E ^a   Corry, David B ^b   Soong, Lynn ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PROTEIN P40; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

EID: 67650080586     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00154-09     Document Type: Article

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