Toll-like receptor signaling and its role in cell-mediated immunity

T Duan, Y Du, C Xing, HY Wang, RF Wang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Innate immunity is the first defense system against invading pathogens. Toll-like receptors
(TLRs) are well-defined pattern recognition receptors responsible for pathogen recognition …

Cellular origins of dsRNA, their recognition and consequences

YG Chen, S Hur - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is associated with most viral infections—it either constitutes
the viral genome (in the case of dsRNA viruses) or is generated in host cells during viral …

Recessive inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in children with COVID-19 pneumonia

Q Zhang, D Matuozzo, J Le Pen, D Lee… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Recessive or dominant inborn errors of type I interferon (IFN) immunity can underlie critical
COVID-19 pneumonia in unvaccinated adults. The risk of COVID-19 pneumonia in …

Pathogenesis and virulence of herpes simplex virus

S Zhu, A Viejo-Borbolla - Virulence, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Two of the most prevalent human viruses worldwide, herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2
(HSV-1 and HSV-2, respectively), cause a variety of diseases, including cold sores, genital …

Toll-like receptors and the control of immunity

KA Fitzgerald, JC Kagan - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The study of innate immunity and its link to inflammation and host defense encompasses
diverse areas of biology, ranging from genetics and biophysics to signal transduction and …

Presence of genetic variants among young men with severe COVID-19

CI Van Der Made, A Simons, J Schuurs-Hoeijmakers… - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can occur in younger,
predominantly male, patients without preexisting medical conditions. Some individuals may …

Mechanisms of viral inflammation and disease in humans

JL Casanova, L Abel - Science, 2021 - science.org
Disease and accompanying inflammation are uncommon outcomes of viral infection in
humans. Clinical inflammation occurs if steady-state cell-intrinsic and leukocytic immunity to …

[HTML][HTML] From rare disorders of immunity to common determinants of infection: Following the mechanistic thread

JL Casanova, L Abel - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The immense interindividual clinical variability during any infection is a long-standing
enigma. Inborn errors of IFN-γ and IFN-α/β immunity underlying rare infections with weakly …

[HTML][HTML] Role of astroglial toll-like receptors (TLRs) in central nervous system infections, injury and neurodegenerative diseases

L Li, C Acioglu, RF Heary, S Elkabes - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2021 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) innate immunity plays essential roles in infections,
neurodegenerative diseases, and brain or spinal cord injuries. Astrocytes and microglia are …

Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

Q Zhang, P Bastard, Z Liu, J Le Pen, M Moncada-Velez… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Clinical outcomes of human severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection range from silent infection to lethal coronavirus …