Title |
Role of toll-like receptors in human iris pigment epithelial cells and their response to pathogen-associated molecular patterns
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Published in |
Journal of Inflammation, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1476-9255-11-20 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Kelly Mai, Jeanie JY Chui, Nick Di Girolamo, Peter J McCluskey, Denis Wakefield |
Abstract |
Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation is hypothesized to contribute to inflammatory eye disease including uveitis, yet the distribution pattern of TLRs in human uveal tissues remains poorly described. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression profile of TLRs in human iris pigment epithelial cells (IPE) at the gene and protein level and examine the effect of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), such as Pam3CSK4.3HCl, Poly(I:C), lipopolysaccharides (LPS from E. coli serotype O111:B4), Flagellin, MALP-2 (macrophage activating lipopeptide-2), Poly(U) and CpGODN2395 on the production of inflammatory mediators including interleukin-8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1) from human IPE and retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE). |
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Researcher | 4 | 17% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 13% |
Student > Master | 3 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 8% |
Other | 5 | 21% |
Unknown | 3 | 13% |
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Physics and Astronomy | 1 | 4% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 4% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
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