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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 20, Pages 11128-11138Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01008-07
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- NEI NIH HHS [R01 EY005093, EY05093] Funding Source: Medline
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Ocular infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV) sets off an array of events that succeed in clearing virus from the cornea but leaves the tissue with a CD4(+) T-cell-orchestrated chronic inflammatory lesion that impairs vision. We demonstrate that Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling forms a part of the recognition system that induces the syndrome that eventually culminates in immunopathology. Accordingly, in a comparison of the outcomes of infection in wild-type (WT) mice and those lacking TLR function, it was apparent that the absence of TLR2 and, to a lesser extent, TLR9 resulted in significantly diminished lesions. Similarly, mice lacking the adapter molecule MyD88 were resistant to lesion development, but such animals were also unable to control infection, with most succumbing to lethal encephalitis. The susceptibility of TLR4(-/-) animals was also evaluated. These animals developed lesions, which were more severe, more rapidly than did WT animals. We discuss the possible mechanisms by which early recognition of HSV constituents impacts the subsequent development of immunopathological lesions.
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