Toll-like receptor 3 activation increases voluntary alcohol intake in C57BL/6J male mice

AS Warden, M Azzam, A DaCosta, S Mason… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many genes differentially expressed in brain tissue from human alcoholics and animals that
have consumed large amounts of alcohol are components of the innate immune toll-like …

Toll-like receptor 3 dynamics in female C57BL/6J mice: Regulation of alcohol intake

AS Warden, M Azzam, A DaCosta, S Mason… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although there are sex differences in the effects of alcohol on immune responses, it is
unclear if sex differences in immune response can influence drinking behavior. Activation of …

Ethanol consumption in mice lacking CD14, TLR2, TLR4, or MyD88

YA Blednov, M Black, J Chernis… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Molecular and behavioral studies support a role for innate immune
proinflammatory pathways in mediating the effects of alcohol. Increased levels of Toll‐like …

The Toll‐like receptor 7 agonist imiquimod increases ethanol self‐administration and induces expression of Toll‐like receptor related genes

DF Lovelock, W Liu, SE Langston, J Liu… - Addiction …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing evidence that immune signalling may be involved in both the causes and
consequences of alcohol abuse. Toll‐like receptor (TLR) expression is increased by alcohol …

Genetic and pharmacologic manipulation of TLR4 has minimal impact on ethanol consumption in rodents

RA Harris, M Bajo, RL Bell, YA Blednov… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is a critical component of innate immune signaling and has been
implicated in alcohol responses in preclinical and clinical models. Members of the …

Role of toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) in voluntary alcohol consumption

EK Grantham, AS Warden, GS McCarthy… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Overactivation of neuroimmune signaling has been linked to excessive ethanol
consumption. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a major component of innate immune signaling …

Activation of inflammatory signaling by lipopolysaccharide produces a prolonged increase of voluntary alcohol intake in mice

YA Blednov, JM Benavidez, C Geil, S Perra… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Previous studies showed that mice with genetic predisposition for high alcohol consumption
as well as human alcoholics show changes in brain expression of genes related to immune …

The toll‐like receptor 3 agonist poly (I: C) induces rapid and lasting changes in gene expression related to glutamatergic function and increases ethanol self …

PA Randall, RP Vetreno, VH Makhijani… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Growing evidence suggests that neuroimmune signaling via Toll‐like receptors
(TLR s) alters brain circuitry related to alcohol use disorders. Both ethanol (EtOH) exposure …

Acute exposure to ethanol affects Toll-like receptor signaling and subsequent responses: an overview of recent studies

SB Pruett, Q Zheng, R Fan, K Matthews, C Schwab - Alcohol, 2004 - Elsevier
Ethanol suppresses innate resistance to a variety of microbes, and findings of studies from
both our laboratory and other laboratories indicate suppression of responses is mediated …

Increased alcohol self-administration following repeated Toll-like receptor 3 agonist treatment in male and female rats

DF Lovelock, PA Randall, K Van Voorhies… - Pharmacology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling may play an important role in the neuroimmune system's
involvement in the development and maintenance of alcohol use disorder (AUD). In the …