Open AccessToll-like receptor 4 plays an anti-HBV role in a murine model of acute hepatitis B virus expression
Author(s) -
Wen–Wei Chang,
Ih Jen Su,
Ming Derg Lai,
Wen Tsan Chang,
Wenya Huang,
Huan Lei
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6631
Subject(s) - tlr4 , hepatitis b virus , hbsag , biology , spleen , virology , immune system , toll like receptor , immunology , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , innate immune system
Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) has been shown to be important for bacterial infection, especially to lipopolysaccharide signaling. Its possible role in HBV infection is studied in the present study.