Browsing 2008 MU dissertations - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Microbiology (Medicine) (MU)"
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The effects of toll-like receptor ligand-activated dendritic cells on human CD4⁺T cell responses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role as a link between innate and adaptive immunity through their abilities to detect infection and to prime naïve T cells (signal 1 and 2). They not only activate naïve T cells, ... -
Hormonal regulation of innate immune responses and toll-like receptors in the human endometrium
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This study examines the role of the steroid hormones, estrogen (E2) and progesterone (P4) in the regulation of TLR3-mediated mucosal immune responses in the human reproductive tract. TLR3 expression in endometrial epithelium ...