Protective role of Toll-like receptor 4 in experimental gonococcal infection of female mice

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-29

  Packiam, M ^a   Wu, H ^a   Veit, S J ^a   Mavrogiorgos, N ^b   Jerse, A E ^a   Ingalls, R R ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 83655211616     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2011.38     Document Type: Article

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