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ArticleBlood2007

Innate immunity against vaccinia virus is mediated by TLR2 and requires TLR-independent production of IFN-beta.

Jiangao Zhu, Jennifer Martinez, Xiaopei Huang, Yiping Yang

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Article in Blood, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jiangao ZhuDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3502, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Jennifer Martinez
Xiaopei Huang
Yiping Yang

Funding

THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO OVARIAN/BREAST CANCER--HIGH DOSE CHEMOTHERAPY AND ABMSP01CA047741 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HASSELBLAD, VICTOR · 1990 to 2013
$19.5M
The Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Cancer ImmunotherapyR01CA111807 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YANG, YIPING · 2005 to 2009
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA047741NCI NIH HHS CA111807NCI NIH HHS P01 CA047741NCI NIH HHS R01 CA111807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccinia virus (VV) has been used extensively as a vaccine vehicle in the clinical application for infectious diseases and cancer. Previous studies have suggested that the unique potency of VV-based vaccine lies in its effective activation of the innate immune system. However, how VV activates innate immune pathways remains largely unknown. In this study, we showed that VV elicited innate immune response through both Toll-like receptor (TLR)-dependent and -independent pathways. The TLR pathway was mediated by TLR2 and MyD88, leading to the production of proinflammatory cytokines, whereas activation of the TLR-independent pathway resulted in the secretion of IFN-beta. More importantly, both TLR-dependent and -independent pathways were required for activating innate and adaptive immunity to VV in vivo. These findings represent the first evidence that innate immune recognition of VV is mediated by TLR2, demonstrate that one pathogen can target both TLR and non-TLR innate immune pathways to work together in achieving efficient activation of host defense, and suggest potential new strategies for the design of effective vaccines.

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AnimalsCytokinesDendritic CellsImmunity, InnateInterferon-betaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Signal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 2Vaccinia virusCytokinesInterferon-betaMyd88 protein, mouseMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Toll-Like Receptor 2

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PMID16973959
PMCPMC1785085

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