Article: Expression of Toll like receptors 3 & 7 in peripheral blood from patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and their correlation with interferon-alpha.
The Egyptian journal of immunology
2013 Volume 20, Issue 1, Page(s) 13–22
Abstract: Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) are pathogen- recognition receptors that are expressed on innate immune cells. They recognize viral RNA which induces their activation with subsequent increase in IFN-alpha transcription. It has ...
Abstract | Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) are pathogen- recognition receptors that are expressed on innate immune cells. They recognize viral RNA which induces their activation with subsequent increase in IFN-alpha transcription. It has been postulated that HCV may cause down regulation of these receptors as one of immune evading mechanisms that participate in viral persistence. The aim of this work is to investigate the expression of Toll-like receptors 3 (TLR3) and 7 (TLR7) in peripheral blood from patients with chronic hepatitis C infection and correlate their expression to the peripheral blood expression of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha), viral load and histopathology of the liver. IFN-alpha, TLR3 and TLR7 expression in peripheral blood from patients with chronic hepatitis C infection (n = 30) and from healthy controls (n = 20) were measured by real time polymerase chain reaction. Viral load and Liver biopsy were done for all patients. The results showed lower expression of TLR3 and TLR7 in patients than controls, and levels of expression correlated positively with IFN-alpha expression. No correlation was found between TLR3 and TLR7 and viral load or histopathological staging and grading of the liver tissue. In conclusion, HCV may induce down regulation of TLRs (TLR3 and TLR7) expression on innate immune cells with subsequent decrease in INF-alpha production suggesting that new therapies that aim to increase the expression level of TLRs may help in treatment of HCV infection. |
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MeSH term(s) | Adult ; Female ; Hepatitis C, Chronic/blood ; Hepatitis C, Chronic/immunology ; Hepatitis C, Chronic/pathology ; Humans ; Interferon-alpha/blood ; Interferon-alpha/immunology ; Male ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Toll-Like Receptor 3/blood ; Toll-Like Receptor 3/immunology ; Toll-Like Receptor 7/blood ; Toll-Like Receptor 7/immunology ; Viral Load |
Chemical Substances | Interferon-alpha ; TLR3 protein, human ; TLR7 protein, human ; Toll-Like Receptor 3 ; Toll-Like Receptor 7 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2013 |
Publishing country | Egypt |
Document type | Journal Article |
ISSN | 1110-4902 |
ISSN | 1110-4902 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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