The adapter proteins DAP12 and FcRgamma associate with a wide spectrum of receptors in a variety of innate immune cells to mediate intracellular signaling pathways when their cognate receptor is… (More)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2012
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize pathogens and their components, thereby initiating immune responses to infectious organisms. TLR ligation leads to the activation of NF-κB and MAPKs through… (More)
Toll-like receptors (TLR) are transmembrane pattern recognition receptors that recognize microbial ligands and signal for production of inflammatory cytokines and type I interferon in macrophages and… (More)
We have previously shown that human tear fluid protects corneal epithelial cells against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo and that protection does not depend upon tear bacteriostatic… (More)
We reported previously that surfactant protein D (SP-D) was present in human tears and corneal epithelial cells, and that it contributed to tear fluid protection of those cells against Pseudomonas… (More)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis is an acute sight-threatening infection. We previously reported that human tear fluid could protect individual human corneal epithelial cells in vitro against… (More)
PURPOSE
To use protein arrays to delineate the spectrum of angiogenic bioactive protein modulators that might be secreted and up-regulated by the corneal epithelium in response to killed bacterial… (More)