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Research from R.W. Depaolo and colleagues has provided new data on life sciences
December 30th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Educating dendritic cells (DC) to become tolerogenic DC, which promote regulatory IL-10 immune responses, represents an effective immune evasion strategy for pathogens. Yersinia pestis virulence factor LcrV is reported to induce IL-10 production via interaction with Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2. However, TLR2(-/-) mice are not protected against subcutaneous plague infection." "Using complementary in vitro and in vivo approaches and LcrV as a model, we show that TLR6 associates with TLR2 to induce tolerogenic DC and regulatory type-1 T cells selectively secreting IL-10. In contrast, TLR1 heterodimerizes with TLR2 to...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-30)
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