2010
Increased TLR4 Expression and Downstream Cytokine Production in Immunosuppressed Adults Compared to Non-Immunosuppressed Adults
Dunne DW, Shaw A, Bockenstedt LK, Allore HG, Chen S, Malawista SE, Leng L, Mizue Y, Piecychna M, Zhang L, Towle V, Bucala R, Montgomery RR, Fikrig E. Increased TLR4 Expression and Downstream Cytokine Production in Immunosuppressed Adults Compared to Non-Immunosuppressed Adults. PLOS ONE 2010, 5: e11343. PMID: 20596538, PMCID: PMC2893205, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-immunosuppressed adultsMIF levelsImmunosuppressive medicationsAutoimmune diseasesIL-8Cytokine productionMonocyte Toll-like receptor (TLR) expressionInnate immunityToll-like receptor expressionEnhanced innate immune responseAltered host immunityAutoimmune disease groupDownstream cytokine productionNon-immunosuppressed individualsUnderlying autoimmune diseaseFeatures of patientsHuman peripheral blood monocytesTLR4 surface expressionCytokine IL-8Number of patientsSurface expressionPeripheral blood monocytesInnate immune responseRisk of infectionImmunosuppressed adults
2007
Age-Associated Defect in Human TLR-1/2 Function
van Duin D, Mohanty S, Thomas V, Ginter S, Montgomery RR, Fikrig E, Allore HG, Medzhitov R, Shaw AC. Age-Associated Defect in Human TLR-1/2 Function. The Journal Of Immunology 2007, 178: 970-975. PMID: 17202359, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.2.970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTLR1 surface expressionCytokine productionTLR functionTNF-alphaSurface expressionMultivariable mixed-effects modelsOlder adultsImpaired vaccine responsesTLR2 surface expressionInfection-related morbidityPeripheral blood monocytesYears of ageVaccine responsesIL-6Aged miceBlood monocytesYoung controlsFlow cytometryMixed effects modelsAge categoriesTLR1/2TLREffects modelN-palmitoylAdults
1997
Borrelia burgdorferi strain-specific Osp C-mediated immunity in mice
Bockenstedt LK, Hodzic E, Feng S, Bourrel KW, de Silva A, Montgomery RR, Fikrig E, Radolf JD, Barthold SW. Borrelia burgdorferi strain-specific Osp C-mediated immunity in mice. Infection And Immunity 1997, 65: 4661-4667. PMID: 9353047, PMCID: PMC175668, DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4661-4667.1997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChallenge infectionC antiserumImmunization studiesStrain-specific immunityAntibody-mediated immunityPassive immunization studiesImmune mouse serumSurface protein AOuter surface protein ADisease regressionInfected miceBorreliacidal activityC antibodySpirochete Borrelia burgdorferiAnimal modelsImmune serumMouse serumInfectionLyme borreliosisMiceHyperimmune serumOsp AImmunofluorescence studiesBorrelia burgdorferiSurface expression