Expression and regulation of Toll-like receptors in lupus-like immune complex glomerulonephritis of MRL-Fas(lpr) mice
Author(s) -
Prashant S. Patole,
Rahul D. Pawar,
Maciej Lech,
Daniel Zecher,
Hanna Schmidt,
Stephan Segerer,
Andreas Ellwart,
Anna Henger,
Matthias Kretzler,
HansJoachim Anders
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl336
Subject(s) - tlr2 , lupus nephritis , tlr9 , tlr3 , glomerulonephritis , tlr7 , toll like receptor , immune system , tlr5 , immunology , innate immune system , medicine , biology , receptor , systemic lupus erythematosus , kidney , endocrinology , gene expression , disease , biochemistry , dna methylation , gene
How microbial infections exacerbate immune complex glomerulonephritis remains speculative. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) may be involved in this phenomenon, because TLRs have potent immunostimulatory functions when exposed to selected pathogen-associated molecules.
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