Fortifying the barrier: the impact of lipid A remodelling on bacterial pathogenesis

BD Needham, MS Trent - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
Gram-negative bacteria decorate their outermost surface structure, lipopolysaccharide, with
elaborate chemical moieties, which effectively disguises them from immune surveillance and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of toll-like receptor in inflammation and tumor immunity

X Cen, S Liu, K Cheng - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) activation enables host to recognize a large number of pathogen-
associated molecule patterns (PAMPs), ignite immune cells to discriminate between self and …

Structural basis of TLR5-flagellin recognition and signaling

S Yoon, O Kurnasov, V Natarajan, M Hong, AV Gudkov… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) binding to bacterial flagellin activates signaling through the
transcription factor NF-κB and triggers an innate immune response to the invading …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting Toll-like receptors: emerging therapeutics?

EJ Hennessy, AE Parker, LAJ O'neill - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
There is a growing interest in the targeting of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) for the prevention
and treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and systemic …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the development of toll-like receptor agonist-based vaccine adjuvants for infectious diseases

JX Yang, JC Tseng, GY Yu, Y Luo, CYF Huang… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccines are powerful tools for controlling microbial infections and preventing epidemic
diseases. Efficient inactive, subunit, or viral-like particle vaccines usually rely on a safe and …

Toll-like receptor pathways in autoimmune diseases

JQ Chen, P Szodoray, M Zeher - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2016 - Springer
Autoimmune diseases are a family of chronic systemic inflammatory disorders, characterized
by the dysregulation of the immune system which finally results in the break of tolerance to …

Use of defined TLR ligands as adjuvants within human vaccines

MS Duthie, HP Windish, CB Fox… - Immunological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Our improved understanding of how innate immune responses can be initiated and how
they can shape adaptive B‐and T‐cell responses is having a significant impact on vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] TLR agonists as mediators of trained immunity: mechanistic insight and immunotherapeutic potential to combat infection

AM Owen, JB Fults, NK Patil, A Hernandez… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite advances in critical care medicine, infection remains a significant problem that
continues to be complicated with the challenge of antibiotic resistance …

Chemistry of lipid A: at the heart of innate immunity

A Molinaro, O Holst, F Di Lorenzo… - … A European Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In many Gram‐negative bacteria, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and its lipid A moiety are pivotal
for bacterial survival. Depending on its structure, lipid A carries the toxic properties of the …

Structural biology of the Toll-like receptor family

JY Kang, JO Lee - Annual review of biochemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Innate immune receptors respond to common structural patterns in microbial molecules and
are called pattern recognition receptors. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play critical roles in the …