Toll-like receptor 9 is required for full host resistance to Mycobacterium avium infection but plays no role in induction of Th1 responses

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1638-1646

  Carvalho, Natália B ^a   Oliveira, Fernanda S ^a   Durães, Fernanda V ^a   de Almeida, Leonardo A ^a   Flórido, Manuela ^b   Prata, Luana O ^a   Caliari, Marcelo V ^a   Appelberg, Rui ^b   Oliveira, Sérgio C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; LIVER GRANULOMA; LUNG; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELLS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79953323282     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01030-10     Document Type: Article

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