Open AccessSignificance of MD-2 and MD-2B expression in rat liver during acute cholangitis
Author(s) -
Huilai Miao,
Zhidong Qiu,
Fu-Long Hao,
Yonghui Bi,
Mingyi Li,
Ming Chen,
Nianping Chen,
Fei Zhou
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v2.i6.233
Subject(s) - medicine , tlr4 , messenger rna , ligation , gastroenterology , receptor , endocrinology , gene , biology , biochemistry
To investigate the expression of myeloid differentiation protein-2 (MD-2), MD-2B (a splicing isoform of MD-2 that can block Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/MD-2 LPS-mediated signal transduction) and TLR4 in the liver of acute cholangitis rats.