Toll-Like Receptors Participate in Macrophage Activation and Intracellular Control of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis
Gallego C, Golenbock D, Gomez MA, Saravia NG. Toll-Like Receptors Participate in Macrophage Activation and Intracellular Control of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis. Infection And Immunity 2011, 79: 2871-2879. PMID: 21518783, PMCID: PMC3191987, DOI: 10.1128/iai.01388-10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptorsEndosomal Toll-like receptorsTNF-α productionMacrophage activationLeishmania panamensisTumor necrosis factor-alpha secretionNecrosis factor-alpha secretionHost macrophagesL. panamensis infectionsLack of TLR2Specific TLR ligandsBone marrow-derived macrophagesIntracellular parasite survivalTNF-α secretionMurine bone marrow-derived macrophagesMarrow-derived macrophagesHuman primary macrophagesEarly time pointsMyD88/Panamensis infectionMouse macrophage cell lineTLR4 expressionTLR ligandsHost cell responsesAlpha secretion