Suppression of molecular inflammatory pathways by Toll-Like receptor 7, 8, and 9 antagonists in a model of IL-23-induced skin inflammation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Suaŕez Fariñas, Mayte ^a   Arbeit, Robert ^b   Jiang, Weiwen ^b   Ortenzio, Francesca S ^a   Sullivan, Tim ^b   Krueger, James G ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HYBRIDON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 23; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TLR7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TLR8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TLR9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-23; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELLS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

EID: 84893535667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084634     Document Type: Article

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