The Role of Airway Epithelial Cells in Response to Mycobacteria Infection

Chimeric flagellin expressed by Salmonella typhimurium induces an ESAT-6-specific Th1-type immune response and CTL effects following intranasal immunization

(2011) Hui Zhang et al.   Cellular & Molecular Immunology

IL-27 Is Elevated in Patients With COPD and Patients With Pulmonary TB and Induces Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells to Produce CXCL10

(2011) Ju Cao et al.   CHEST

Innate Immune Recognition ofMycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) Johanneke Kleinnijenhuis et al.   Clinical & Developmental Immunology

Matrix metalloproteinases in tuberculosis

(2011) P. T. Elkington et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Dispensability of Surfactant Proteins A and D in Immune Control ofMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection following Aerosol Challenge of Mice

(2011) Maria P. Lemos et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Insulin-Dependent Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt and ERK Signaling Pathways Inhibit TLR3-Mediated Human Bronchial Epithelial Cell Apoptosis

(2011) T. Numata et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Synergistic Interactions of TLR2/6 and TLR9 Induce a High Level of Resistance to Lung Infection in Mice

(2011) J. M. Duggan et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Susceptibility to tuberculosis is associated with TLR1 polymorphisms resulting in a lack of TLR1 cell surface expression

(2011) Peter Uciechowski et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

MicroRNA-148a is down-regulated in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas and regulates cell survival by targeting CDC25B

(2011) Sven-T Liffers et al.   LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

Hepcidin Is an Antibacterial, Stress-Inducible Peptide of the Biliary System

(2011) Pavel Strnad et al.   PLoS One

Mycobacterium tuberculosis components stimulate production of the antimicrobial peptide hepcidin

(2011) Fatoumata B. Sow et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

Early Secreted Antigen ESAT-6 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Promotes Protective T Helper 17 Cell Responses in a Toll-Like Receptor-2-dependent Manner

(2011) Samit Chatterjee et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Association of Human TLR1 and TLR6 Deficiency with Altered Immune Responses to BCG Vaccination in South African Infants

(2011) April Kaur Randhawa et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Pattern of matrix metalloproteinases-9, P53 and BCL-2 proteins in Egyptian patients with pulmonaryMycobacterium tuberculosis

(2010) Samir El-Masry et al.   ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA ET IMMUNOLOGICA HUNGARICA

Non-acylated Mycobacterium bovis glycoprotein MPB83 binds to TLR1/2 and stimulates production of matrix metalloproteinase 9

(2010) Mark A. Chambers et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Genetic modulation of TLR8 response following bacterial phagocytosis

(2010) Michael P. Gantier et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Thyrocyte interleukin-18 expression is up-regulated by interferon-γ and may contribute to thyroid destruction in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

(2010) Zhe Liu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY

Double-Stranded RNA Exacerbates Pulmonary Allergic Reaction through TLR3: Implication of Airway Epithelium and Dendritic Cells

(2010) D. Torres et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces IL-17A responses through TLR4 and dectin-1 and is critically dependent on endogenous IL-1

(2010) F. L. van de Veerdonk et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

SIGIRR inhibits toll-like receptor 4, 5, 9-mediated immune responses in human airway epithelial cells

(2010) Chun Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Innate immune responses of the airway epithelium

(2010) Ji-Hwan Ryu et al.   MOLECULES AND CELLS

Selective Toll-Like Receptor Expression in Human Fetal Lung

(2010) Joshua E Petrikin et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Epithelial cell-derived antimicrobial peptides are multifunctional agents that bridge innate and adaptive immunity

(2010) Thomas S. McCormick et al.   PERIODONTOLOGY 2000

Effect of 1, 25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 on matrix metalloproteinases MMP-7, MMP-9 and the inhibitor TIMP-1 in pulmonary tuberculosis

(2009) S. Prabhu Anand et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Critical role of amino acid position 343 of surfactant protein-D in the selective binding of glycolipids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2009) Tracy K Carlson et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Variants in toll-like receptors 2 and 9 influence susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in Caucasians, African-Americans, and West Africans

(2009) Digna Rosa Velez et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

The role of cytokines in the initiation, expansion, and control of cellular immunity to tuberculosis

(2009) Andrea M. Cooper et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Dectin-1 is Inducible and Plays an Essential Role for Mycobacteria-Induced Innate Immune Responses in Airway Epithelial Cells

(2009) Hye-Mi Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette Guérin-mediated up-regulation of the human cathelicidin LL-37 in A549 cells

(2009) Patricia Méndez-Samperio et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Tuberculous Granuloma Induction via Interaction of a Bacterial Secreted Protein with Host Epithelium

(2009) H. E. Volkman et al.   SCIENCE

Pulmonary surfactant and tuberculosis

(2009) Zissis C. Chroneos et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

Multiple TLRs activate EGFR via a signaling cascade to produce innate immune responses in airway epithelium

(2008) Jonathan L. Koff et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Pattern recognition receptors and interleukin-8 mediate effects of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria on lung epithelial cell function

(2008) R Sorrentino et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Expression and Secretion of Cathelicidin LL-37 in Human Epithelial Cells after Infection by Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

(2008) P. Mendez-Samperio et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Genetic Association and Expression Studies Indicate a Role of Toll-Like Receptor 8 in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

(2008) Sonia Davila et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 Cooperation Increases the Innate Epithelial Immune Response

(2007) Patricia Méndez-Samperio et al.   ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Structural requirements for uptake and recognition of CpG oligonucleotides

(2007) Klaus Heeg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY