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. 2006 Jan;90(1):103–108. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.072686

Table 2 Human ocular expression of TLRs.

Ocular tissue Cell type TLR*
Cornea Corneal epithelium TLR1, 2†, 3, 4†, 5†, 6, 7, 9, 1013,14,17
Cultured corneal epithelial cells TLR1, 2†, 3†, 4†, 5†, 6, 911,12,13,14,17
Cultured corneal fibroblasts TLR419
Conjunctiva Whole bulbar conjunctiva TLR428
Uvea Resident stromal APCs TLR4†28,31
Cultured iris endothelial cells TLR431
Retina Whole retina TLR428
Cultured RPE cells TLR1, 2†, 3†, 4†, 5, 6, 7, 9, 1035,40
Sclera Whole sclera TLR428

APCs, antigen presenting cells; RPE cells, retinal pigment epithelial cells.

*mRNA expression only, unless otherwise specified.

†TLR protein expression confirmed.