Research Article

Toll-Like Receptor Ligand-Induced Liver Injury in D-Galactosamine-Sensitized Mice: Differences between TLR7/8 and TLR9 Ligands, Cytokine Patterns, and Cross-Tolerance Induction by TLR2 Ligand Pretreatment

Table 2

Effect of CpG (20 μg), R848 (10 μg), and LTA (100 μg) in D-galN- (20 mg/mouse) sensitized mice. Mean ± SD is shown.

SurvivalALT (U/l)TNF-α (pg/ml)IL-6 (pg/ml)

PBS ()
 C57BL/6All survived by 10 h63.5 ± 14.53.2 ± 0.55.2 ± 1.8
 C3HAll survived by 10 h52.3 ± 10.82.1 ± 0.34.3 ± 2.8
CpG/D-galN ()
 C57BL/6Four of eight died within 10 h18330.0 ± 5482.9644.3 ± 187.71984.7 ± 771.4
 C3HFour of eight died within 10 h267.7 ± 173.531.5 ± 43.6105.2 ± 100.4
R848/D-galN ()
 C57BL/6All eight died within 9 h12675.7 ± 6365.7337.6 ± 140.31029.4 ± 927.3
 C3HAll eight died within 9 h5071.2 ± 2417.6686.0 ± 406.71657.0 ± 813.2
LTA/D-galN ()
 C57BL/6All survived by 10 h2536.7 ± 1346.063.0 ± 18.03208.0 ± 1046.3
 C3HAll survived by 10 h103.3 ± 35.68.2 ± 7.0626.2 ± 290.9