Differential responses of epithelial Sertoli cells of the rat testis to Toll-like receptor 2 and 4 ligands: Implications for studies of testicular inflammation using bacterial lipopolysaccharides

Innate Immunity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-136

  Winnall, Wendy R ^a,b   Muir, Julie A ^a   Hedger, Mark P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interleukin 1 (IL 1 ); lipopolysaccharide (LPS); MD2; Sertoli cell; Toll like receptor (TLR)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CD14 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHITIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPOPEPTIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS;

EID: 79951685364     PISSN: 17534259     EISSN: 17534267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753425909354764     Document Type: Article

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