| Literature DB >> 17158890 |
Heloisa D'Avila1, Patrícia E Almeida, Natália R Roque, Hugo C Castro-Faria-Neto, Patrícia T Bozza.
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An acute and persistent eosinophil infiltration is observed during Mycobacterium bovis BCG pleural infection in mice. Eosinophil accumulation, lipid body formation, and eotaxin production were significantly reduced in BCG-infected Toll-like receptor-2 (TLR2)-deficient mice compared to wild-type mice. Neutralization of eotaxin or CCR3 drastically inhibited BCG-induced eosinophil accumulation and lipid body formation, indicating that BCG-induced eosinophil recruitment and activation is largely dependent of TLR2-mediated eotaxin generation.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17158890 PMCID: PMC1828599 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01326-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441