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TLR-4 deficiency protects against focal cerebral ischemia and axotomy-induced neurodegeneration.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Jul 2008
Kilic Ulkan, Kilic Ertugrul, Matter Christian M, Bassetti Claudio L, Hermann Dirk M
Abstract excerpt
The pattern recognition receptor toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 mediates innate danger signaling in the brain, being activated in response to lipopolysaccharide. Until now, its role in the degenerating brain remained unknown. We here examined effects of a loss-of-function mutation of TLR-4 in mice submitted to transient focal cerebral ischemia and retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axotomy, which are highly reproducible and...
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