Sex differences in TLR2 and TLR4 expression and their effect on coxsackievirus-induced autoimmune myocarditis

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-64

  Roberts, Brian J ^a   Moussawi, Mohamad ^a   Huber, Sally A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coxsackievirus B3; Myocarditis; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; LIPOPEPTIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDITIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

COXSACKIEVIRUS; MUS;

EID: 84870929453     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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