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. 2023 Dec 28;20(1):2297453. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2297453

Table 1.

The summary of toll-like receptors.

TLR Cellular expression Receptor complex Natural Ligands Synthetic Agonists Signaling adaptor Downstream effects
TLR2 Plasma membrane 2–1
2–6
2–10
Lipopeptides
Peptidoglycan
Lipoteichoic acid
Zymosan
Lipoarabinomannans
Pam2Cys
Pam3Cys
MyD88 inflammatory cytokines (TNFα, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12)
CD80, CD86 upregulation
TLR3 Endolysosome 3–3 dsRNA PolyI:C
PolyIC12U
PolyICLC
ARNAX
RGC100
TRIF IFNβ
CXCL10
CD80, CD86 upregulation
TLR4 Plasma membrane 4-MD2 LPS MPLA
GLA
ONO-4007
MyD88
TRIF
inflammatory cytokines (TNFα,IL-1β,IL-6)
IFNβ
CXCL10
CD80, CD86 upregulation
TLR5 Plasma membrane 5–5 Bacterial flagellin Flagellin MyD88 inflammatory cytokines (TNFα,IL-1β,IL-6,IL-8)
CD80, CD86 upregulation
TLR7 Endolysosome 7–7 ssRNA Resiquimod
Imiquimod
Vesatolimod
MyD88 Type 1 IFN
CD80, CD86 upregulation
TLR8 Endolysosome 8–8 ssRNA Resiquimod
Selgantolimod
Motolimod
MyD88 inflammatory cytokines (TNFα, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12)
CD80, CD86 upregulation
TLR9 Endolysosome 9–9 CpG-DNA ODN-2216(Class A)
ODN-2006(Class B)
ODN-2429(Class C)
ODN-21798(Class P)
IMO-2025
IMO-2125
MGN-1703
MyD88 Type 1 IFN
CD80, CD86 upregulation
TLR10 Plasma membrane 10–1
10–2
10–6
10–10
Triacylated lipopeptides N/A Unknown IL-1Ra
TLR11 Endolysosome 11–11
11–12
Profilin
Flagellin
N/A MyD88 IL-12
TLR12 Endolysosome 12–11
12–12
Profilin N/A MyD88 IL-12
TLR13 Endolysosome 13–13 Bacterial 23S rRNA ORN Sa19 MyD88 IL-12