Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummary

Background & Aims: Innate immune dysfunction can promote chronic inflammatory diseases of the liver. For example, mice lacking the flagellin receptor Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) show microbial dysbiosis and predisposition to high-fat diet (HFD)-induced hepatic steatosis. The extent to which hep...

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Main Authors: Lucie Etienne-Mesmin, Matam Vijay-Kumar, Andrew T. Gewirtz, Benoit Chassaing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352345X1630039X