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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: ChemMedChem. 2015 Jul 1;11(2):154–165. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.201500188

Table 1.

List of human and rodent TLRs

TLR Exogenous ligands Origin of ligands References Endogenous ligands References Localizations
TLR1 Triacyl lipopeptides bacteria and mycobacteria [56] cell surfaces
Soluble factors Neisseria meningitidis
TLR2 Lipoprotein/lipopeptides various pathogens [57] Heat-shock protein 70 [7d] cell surfaces
Peptidoglycan gram-positive bacteria [58] HGMB1 [59]
Lipoteichoic acid gram-positive bacteria [58b]
Lipoarabinomannan mycobacteria [60]
Phenol-soluble modulin Stapylococcus epidermidis [61]
Glycoinositolphospholipids Trypanosoma cruzi [62]
Glycolipids Treponema maltophilum [63]
Porins Neisseria [64]
Atypical lipopolysaccharide Leptospira interrogans [65]
Atypical lipopolysaccharide Porphyromanas gingivalis [66]
Zymosan fungi [67]
TLR3 Double-stranded RNA viruses [68] Double-stranded DNA [69] endosomes
TLR4 Lipopolysaccharide gram-negative bacteria [70] Heat-shock protein 70 [71] cell surfaces
Fusion protein respiratory syncytial virus [72] Type III repeat extra domain A of fibronectin [73]
envelope protein mouse mammary-tumor virus [74] Oligosaccharides of hyaluronic acid [75]
Heat-shock protein 60 Chlamydia pneumoniae [76] Polysaccharide fragment of heparan sulphate [77]
Fibrinogen [78]
TLR5 Flagellin bacteria [79] cell surfaces
TLR6 Diacyl lipopeptides Mycoplasma [80] cell surfaces
Lipoteichoic acid gram-negative bacteria [58b]
Zymosan fungi [81]
TLR7 Single-stranded RNA viruses [82] Single-stranded RNA [83] endosomes
Imiquimod (R837) synthetic compound (FDA approved drug) [84]
TLR8 Single-stranded RNA viruses [82a] Single-stranded RNA [83] endosomes
TLR9 CpG-containing DNA bacteria and viruses [85] DNA [86] endosomes
TLR10 Not Determined Not Determined Not Determined
TLR11 profilin Uropathogenic pathogen, toxoplasma [87] Not Determined
TLR13 23s rRNA gram-negative/positive bacteria [88] Not Determined