Recognition of lipid A variants by the TLR4-MD-2 receptor complex

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Maeshima, Nina ^a   Fernandez, Rachel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Lipid A; LPS; Signaling; TLR4

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE; ERITORAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID A; MYELIN AND LYMPHOCYTE PROTEIN; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHORYL LIPID A; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN MD 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LY96 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LY96 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TLR4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TLR4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HOST RANGE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNALING;

INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID A; LPS; SIGNALING; TLR4;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DIMERIZATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPID A; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 96; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84880690688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00003     Document Type: Review

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