Involvement of TLR2 and TLR4 in cell responses to Rickettsia akari

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-685

  Quevedo Diaz, Marco A ^a   Song, Chang ^a   Xiong, Yanbao ^a   Chen, Haiyan ^a   Wahl, Larry M ^b   Radulovic, Suzana ^a,c   Medvedev, Andrei E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Bala Family Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell activation; Innate immunity; Monocytes macrophages; Signal transduction; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CD14 ANTIGEN; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN MD 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TLR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TLR4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL LINE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOSOL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIALPOX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI;

CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77957870599     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1009674     Document Type: Article

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