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Toll-like receptors and innate immunity

Medzhitov, Ruslan·2001·Nature Reviews Immunology

Abstract

Toll-like receptors have a crucial role in the detection of microbial infection in mammals and insects. In mammals, these receptors have evolved to recognize conserved products unique to microbial metabolism. This specificity allows the Toll proteins to detect the presence of infection and to induce activation of inflammatory and antimicrobial innate immune responses. Recognition of microbial products by Toll-like receptors expressed on dendritic cells triggers functional maturation of dendritic cells and leads to initiation of antigen-specific adaptive immune responses.

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  • Cytokines and chemokines secreted by respiratory virus-infected epithelia promote recruitment of inflammatory cells, including neutrophils, eosinophils, NK cells, and macrophages, from blood into infected tissues, as well as their activation.

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Authors
Medzhitov, R.
Affiliations
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Medzhitov, Ruslan
Venue
Nature Reviews Immunology
Published
2001-11-01
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
135-145
ISSN
  • 1474-1733 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1741
OpenAlex
W2004773897
Cited by
4,308
References
109
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
Keywords
Toll-like receptors, innate immunity, inflammation, antimicrobial response, dendritic cell maturation
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Drosophila, Humans, Infections, Ligands, Membrane Glycoproteins, Receptors, Cell Surface, Signal Transduction, Models, Immunological, Drosophila Proteins, Toll-Like Receptors, Toll-Like Receptor 5

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