Toll-like Receptor 7 and TLR9 Dictate Autoantibody Specificity and Have Opposing Inflammatory and Regulatory Roles in a Murine Model of Lupus
Christensen SR, Shupe J, Nickerson K, Kashgarian M, Flavell RA, Shlomchik MJ. Toll-like Receptor 7 and TLR9 Dictate Autoantibody Specificity and Have Opposing Inflammatory and Regulatory Roles in a Murine Model of Lupus. Immunity 2006, 25: 417-428. PMID: 16973389, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.07.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLupus-prone miceSystemic lupus erythematosusAutoimmune diseasesToll-like receptor 7Toll-like receptor 9Absence of TLR9TLR7-deficient miceDevelopment of lupusPlasmacytoid DCsLupus erythematosusSerum IgGSusceptible miceAutoantibody specificitiesReceptor 7Receptor 9DNA autoantibodiesClinical diseaseIFN-alphaMurine modelLymphocyte activationTLR7TLR9Regulatory roleDiseaseMice