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. 2005 Dec;2(5):403–411. doi: 10.1513/pats.200508-090JS

TABLE 2.

HUMAN TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS AND THEIR LIGANDS

Receptor Ligands Animal Species
TLR-1 Bacterial lipopeptides Human, mouse
TLR-2* Lipopeptides, lipoteichoic acid, peptidoglycan Human, mouse
TLR-3 Double-stranded RNA, polyinosine:cytosine Human, mouse
TLR-4 LPS Human, mouse
TLR-5 Flagellin Human, mouse
TLR-6 Zymosan, lipopeptides Human, mouse
TLR-7 Single-stranded viral RNA, imiquimod Human, mouse
TLR-8 Single-stranded viral RNA, imiquimod Human, mouse
TLR-9 Unmethylated CpG DNA Human, mouse
TLR-10 Uncertain Human
TLR-11, TLR-12, TLR-13 Uncertain Mouse

Definition of abbreviation: TLR = Toll-like receptor.

*

TLR-2 cooperates with TLR-1 and TLR-6 to recognize lipoteichoic acid, zymosan, and other ligands.

TLR-5, TLR-7, TLR-8, and TLR-9 cooperate to recognize CpG DNA, ssRNA, and flagellin.

Modified from References 1 and 70.