Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) mediates human β-defensin-2 (HBD-2) induction in response to chlamydia pneumoniae in mononuclear cells:

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-124

  Romano Carratelli, Caterina ^a,b   Mazzola, Nello ^a   Paolillo, Rossella ^a   Sorrentino, Sabato ^a   Rizzo, Antonietta ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

defensin 2; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN U937; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BETA-DEFENSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; U937 CELLS;

EID: 70349675418     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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