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. 2009 Apr;22(2):240–273. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00046-08

TABLE 1.

Recognition of microbial components by PRRs

Receptor Cellular localization Microbial component(s) Origin(s)
TLRs
    TLR1/TLR2 Cell surface Triacyl lipopeptides Bacteria
    TLR2/TLR6 Cell surface Diacyl lipopeptides Mycoplasma
Lipoteichoic acid Gram-positive bacteria
    TLR2 Cell surface Lipoproteins Various pathogens
Peptidoglycan Gram-positive and -negative bacteria
Lipoarabinomannan Mycobacteria
Porins Neisseria
Envelope glycoproteins Viruses (e.g., measles virus, HSV, cytomegalovirus)
GPI-mucin Protozoa
Phospholipomannan Candida
Zymosan Fungi
β-Glycan Fungi
    TLR3 Cell surface/endosomes dsRNA Viruses
    TLR4 Cell surface LPS Gram-negative bacteria
Envelope glycoproteins Viruses (e.g., RSV)
Glycoinositolphospholipids Protozoa
Mannan Candida
HSP70 Host
    TLR5 Cell surface Flagellin Flagellated bacteria
    TLR7/8 Endosome ssRNA RNA viruses
    TLR9 Endosome CpG DNA Viruses, bacteria, protozoa
RLRs
    RIG-I Cytoplasm dsRNA (short), 5′-triphosphate RNA Viruses (e.g., influenza A virus, HCV, RSV)
    MDA5 Cytoplasm dsRNA (long) Viruses (picorna- and noroviruses)
NLRs
    NOD1 Cytoplasm Diaminopimelic acid Gram-negative bacteria
    NOD2 Cytoplasm MDP Gram-positive and -negative bacteria
    NALP1 Cytoplasm MDP Gram-positive and -negative bacteria
    NALP3 Cytoplasm ATP, uric acid crystals, RNA, DNA, MDP Viruses, bacteria, and host
Miscellaneous
    DAI Cytoplasm DNA DNA viruses, intracellular bacteria
    AIM2 Cytoplasm DNA DNA viruses
    PKR Cytoplasm dsRNA, 5′-triphosphate RNA Viruses