作者: L. Heggelund , F. Muller , E. Lien , A. Yndestad , T. Ueland
DOI: 10.1086/421780
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摘要: BACKGROUND Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are key pattern-recognition of the innate immune system, but their role in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is largely unknown. METHODS In present study, we examined expression TLR2 and TLR4 on monocytes from 48 HIV-infected patients 21 healthy control subjects by flow cytometry. RESULTS We found that freshly isolated displayed enhanced not TLR4, surface was significantly increased upon stimulation HIV type 1 envelope protein gp120, induced viral replication TNF- alpha response. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest potential roles for chronic activation infection.