TLR9 Activation Dampens the Early Inflammatory Response to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Impacting Host Survival

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Menino, João Filipe ^a,b   Saraiva, Margarida ^a,b   Gomes Alves, Ana G ^a,b   Lobo Silva, Diogo ^a,b   Sturme, Mark ^a,b   Gomes Rezende, Jéssica ^a,b   Saraiva, Ana Laura ^c   Goldman, Gustavo H ^d,e   Cunha, Cristina ^f   Carvalho, Agostinho ^f   Romani, Luigina ^f   Pedrosa, Jorge ^a,b   Castro, António Gil ^a,b   Rodrigues, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c University School Vasco da Gama   (Portugal)

^d BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SURVIVAL; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 84880846173     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002317     Document Type: Article

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