CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 485-488.

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Injection of anti-TLR9 antibody cannot efficiently block TLR9 activities in mice: a brief discussion about TLR9 location in cells

Xiao LIU, Meng-meng LI, Feng QIAN*()   

  1. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003
  • Received:2017-06-26 Online:2017-10-30 Published:2018-01-08
  • Contact: Feng QIAN E-mail:fqian_cn@hotmail.com

Abstract:

In a paper published in this journal (No.1 Vol. 35, 2017) entitled The regulatory effect of dendritic cells on Th17 cell differentiation and function in mouse infected with Plasmodium yoelii, the authors stated in an experimental method that they used anti-TLR9 antibody to block dendritic cell function in mice. We do not think this method works out, because there have been accumulating data revealing that TLR9 is mainly an intracellular receptor, so injection of anti-TLR9 antibody cannot efficiently block TLR9 activities in vivo.

Key words: TLR9, Subcellular location, Anti-TLR9 antibody, Antagonist

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