Toll-like receptor 2 siRNA suppresses corneal inflammation and attenuates Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis in rats

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-357

  Guo, Hui ^a   Gao, Jianlu ^a,b   Wu, Xinyi ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAOCHENG PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

fungal keratitis; inflammation; innate immunity; siRNA; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

MYELOPEROXIDASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATOMYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KERATITIS; NEUTROPHILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84858704140     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2011.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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