Bone marrow and nonbone marrow Toll like receptor 4 regulate acute hepatic injury induced by endotoxemia.

BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are expressed in immune cells and hepatocytes. We examined whether hepatic Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is involved in the acute hepatic injury caused by the administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (septic shock model). METHODS: Wild type (WT), TLR4-deficient...

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Main Authors: Edith Hochhauser, Orna Avlas, Reut Fallach, Larissa Bachmetov, Romy Zemel, Orit Pappo, Asher Shainberg, Ziv Ben Ari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3744496?pdf=render