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Published on: July 26, 2017
Role of TLRs as signaling cascades to combat infectious diseases: a review
Md Salauddin1, Debaraj Bhattacharyya2, Indranil Samanta3
1Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Khulna Agricultural University, Khulna, 9202, Bangladesh.
Abstract:
Investigating innate immunity and its signaling transduction is essential to understand inflammation and host defence mechanisms. Toll-like receptors (TLRs), an evolutionarily ancient group of pattern recognition receptors, are crucial for detecting microbial components and initiating immune responses. This review summarizes the mechanisms and outcomes of TLR-mediated signaling, focusing on motifs shared with other immunological pathways, which enhances our understanding of the innate immune system. TLRs recognize molecular patterns in microbial invaders, activate innate immunity and promote antigen-specific adaptive immunity, and each of them triggers unique downstream signaling patterns. Recent advances have highlighted the importance of supramolecular organizing centers (SMOCs) in TLR signaling, ensuring precise cellular responses and pathogen detection. Furthermore, this review illuminates how TLR pathways coordinate metabolism and gene regulation, contributing to adaptive immunity and providing novel insights for next-generation therapeutic strategies. Ongoing studies hold promise for novel treatments against infectious diseases, autoimmune conditions, and cancers.
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