Article
TLR4 polymorphisms and disease susceptibility.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] - 1 Mar 2012
Noreen Mamoona, Shah Muhammad Ali A, Mall Sheeba Murad, Choudhary Shazia, Hussain Tahir, Ahmed Iltaf, Jalil Syed Fazal, Raza Muhammad Imran
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a central role in the regulation of the host immune system. Each TLR recognizes specific pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). TLR4 is one of the well characterized pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) that recognizes the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria, some conserved structures from fungal to mycobacterial pathogens and some endogenous ligands. A...
Topics
- Animals
- Communicable Diseases
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Signal Transduction
- Toll-Like Receptor 4
