Identification of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) as the crucial regulator of inflammation in human lymphatic filariasis has provoked the conception of TLR-directed therapy against filariasis.

- From the field to the flask: how Plasmodium falciparum adapts to culture

We strongly depend on our bacterial flora and their products for our well-being and survival, but need antibodies to combat various bacterial infections efficiently - this lead us to the question: How affine and specific are antibodies induced by anti-bacterial immunizations?