Toll-like receptor 2 knockout reduces lung inflammation during Pneumocystis pneumonia but has no effect on phagocytosis of Pneumocystis organisms by alveolar macrophages

J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2006:53 Suppl 1:S132-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00202.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Lung / immunology
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Macrophages, Alveolar / immunology*
  • Macrophages, Alveolar / microbiology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Phagocytosis*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / immunology*
  • Toll-Like Receptor 2 / genetics
  • Toll-Like Receptor 2 / immunology*

Substances

  • Toll-Like Receptor 2