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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
Mice deficient for the TLR adaptor molecule MyD88 succumb to a local infection with Leishmania (L.) major. However, the TLR(s) that contribute to the control of this intracellular parasite remain to be defined. Here, we show that TLR9 was required for the induction of IL-12 in bone marrow-derived DC by intact L. major parasites or L. major DNA and for the early IFN-gamma expression and cytotoxicity of NK cells following infection with L. major in vivo. During the acute phase of infection TLR9-/- mice exhibited more severe skin lesions and higher parasite burdens than C57BL/6 wild-type controls. Although TLR9 deficiency led to a transient increase of IL-4, IL-13 and arginase 1 mRNA and a reduced expression of iNOS at the site of infection and in the draining lymph nodes, it did not prevent the development of Th1 cells and the ultimate resolution of the infection. We conclude that TLR9 signaling is essential for NK cell activation, but dispensable for a protective T cell response to L. major in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3424-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Arginase, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Interleukin-12, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Interleukin-13, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Leishmania infantum, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Leishmania major, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Th2 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18034422-Toll-Like Receptor 9
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
TLR9 signaling is essential for the innate NK cell response in murine cutaneous leishmaniasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Clinic of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't