Rotavirus Activates Lymphocytes from Non-Obese Diabetic Mice by Triggering Toll-Like Receptor 7 Signaling and Interferon Production in Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells

Jessica A Pane; Nicole L Webster; Barbara S Coulson

Journal article

Rotavirus Activates Lymphocytes from Non-Obese Diabetic Mice by Triggering Toll-Like Receptor 7 Signaling and Interferon Production in Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells

Jessica A Pane, Nicole L Webster, Barbara S Coulson

PLoS Pathogens | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003998

University of Melbourne Researchers

Barbara Coulson Author Microbiology and Immunology

Jessica Neil Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Project Grants (509008 and 1044868) and a Senior Research Fellowship (628319) to BSC from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (http://www.nhmrc.gov.au). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.