Evolution of recognition of ligands from gram-positive bacteria: Similarities and differences in the TLR2-mediated response between mammalian vertebrates and teleost fish

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2355-2368

  Ribeiro, Carla M S ^a   Hermsen, Trudi ^a   Taverne Thiele, Anja J ^a   Savelkoul, Huub F J ^a   Wiegertjes, Geert F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING LIPOPEPTIDE 2; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; N PALMITOYL (2,3 BIS(PALMITOYLOXY) (2) PROPYL) CYSTEINE SERINE LYSINE TRIHYDROCHLORIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FISH PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TELEOST; ANIMAL; CARP; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTEBRATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARPS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFECTION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77951900826     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900990     Document Type: Article

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