toll-like receptors

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Background: In vitro experiments have revealed that toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) pathway is involved in the progression of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) by induction of proinflammatory cytokines.
Toll-like receptors and their adaptors are regulated in macrophages after phagocytosis of lipopolysaccharide-coated titanium particles.
Toll-like receptors (TLR) are present on the surface of platelets in smaller amounts than GPIb-IX-V complex.
Divergent Toll-like receptors in catfish (Ictalurus punctatus): TLR5S, TLR20, TLR21.
Toll-like receptors and innate immune responses in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Knowing the toll-like receptors are major determinants of the body's inflammatory response to viral and bacterial pathogens, we set out to see if these receptors were susceptible to insulin's effect.
So far, ten human Toll-related proteins are characterized, Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 1 to 10, with human called TLR4 (24), which is LPS's receptor.