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. 2014 Oct 1;190(7):722–732. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201406-1101PP

Table 2.

Toll-like Receptor Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Bacterial Lung Infection in Humans

  Polymorphism Pathogens Studied Host Response (Pulmonary) to Infection Reference
TLRs        
 TLR2 Arg753Gln Staphylococcus aureus No impact 41
Arg753Gln Mycobacterium tuberculosis Susceptible 42
 TLR4 D299G and T399I Gram-negative bacteria Susceptible 45
D299G and T399I Legionella pneumophila Resistance 46
 TLR5 Stop codon SNPs (1174T and 1775G) Legionella pneumophila Susceptible 47
1174C > T Burkholderia pseudomallei Resistance 48
 TLR6 rs5743808 (359T > C) Legionella pneumophila Susceptible 76
 TLR9 rs352139 (A > G) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Susceptible 77
TLR signaling molecules
     
 MyD88 In-frame MYD88 deletion or missense mutations Streptococcus pneumoniae Susceptible to pyogenic infections (ND) 50
Staphylococcus aureus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
 IRAK-4 Deletion (82IdelT) or substitution (O293X) in IRAK-4 Streptococcus pneumoniae Susceptible to pyogenic infections (ND) 49
Staphylococcus aureus
TRIF/Mal        
TIRAP S180L Streptococcus pneumoniae Protective to invasive pneumococcal disease and tuberculosis 78
Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Definition of abbreviations: ND = not determined; SNP = single-nucleotide polymorphism; TIRAP = Toll-IL-1R domain-containing adapter protein; TLR = Toll-like receptor; TRIF = TIR-domain–containing adapter-inducing IFN-β.