PUBLICATION

Induction of innate cytokine responses by respiratory mucosal challenge with R848 in zebrafish, mice and humans

Authors
Progatzky, F., Jha, A., Wane, M., Thwaites, R.S., Makris, S., Shattock, R.J., Johansson, C., Openshaw, P.J., Bugeon, L., Hansel, T.T., Dallman, M.J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-190422-18
Date
2019
Source
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology   144(1): 342-345.e7 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Bugeon, Laurence, Dallman, Maggie, Progatzky, Fränze
Keywords
comparative cross-species analysis, mucosal innate immunity, nasal respiratory mucosa, resiquimod, vaccine adjuvants
MeSH Terms
  • Female
  • Adult
  • Middle Aged
  • Toll-Like Receptors/agonists*
  • Gills/drug effects
  • Gills/immunology
  • Zebrafish
  • Cytokines/immunology*
  • Respiratory Mucosa/drug effects*
  • Respiratory Mucosa/immunology
  • Animals
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Mucosal/drug effects
  • Immunity, Innate/drug effects
  • Imidazoles/pharmacology*
  • Male
PubMed
31002833 Full text @ J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.
Abstract
We compared live zebrafish, mouse and human nasal challenge responses to the TLR7/8 agonist resiquimod (R848). We found remarkably similar induction of mediators in the three species, offering novel mucosal models of innate anti-viral immunity.
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