Toll-like receptor 2 knockout reduces lung inflammation during Pneumocystis pneumonia but has no effect on phagocytosis of Pneumocystis organisms by alveolar macrophages.
Zhang
Chen
C
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1120 South Drive, Fesler Hall Rm 419, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
Wang
Shao-Hung
SH
Liao
Chung-Ping
CP
Lasbury
Mark E
ME
Durant
Pamela J
PJ
Tschang
Dennis
D
Lee
Chao-Hung
CH
D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000276:immunology*; D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2