Infection of C57BL/10ScCr and C57BL/10ScNCr mice withLeishmania majorreveals a role for Toll-like receptor 4 in the control of parasite replication

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The innate immune system is essential for host defense; it senses the presence of potentially pathogenic-invading microorganisms, and the contribution of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) to this response is increasingly recognized. In the present study, we investigated the contribution of TLR4 to the course of cutaneous leishmaniasis in vivo. We used C57BL/10ScNCr (TLR4(0/0)) and C57BL/10ScCr [TLR4/interleukin-12...

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