Table 1.
Toll-like receptors and their ligands
| Receptor | Ligand | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| TLR1 | Triacyl lipopeptides | Bacteria, Mycobacteria |
| Soluble factors | Neisseria meningitidis | |
| TLR2 | Lipoprotein/lipopeptides | Different pathogens |
| Peptidoglycan | Gram-positive bacteria | |
| Lipoteichoic acid | Gram-positive bacteria | |
| Lipoarabinomannan | Mycobacteria | |
| Phenol-soluble modulin | Staphylococcus epidermidis | |
| Glycoinositolphospholipids | Trypanosoma cruzi | |
| Glycolipids | Treponema maltophilum | |
| Porins | Neisseria | |
| Zymosan | Fungi | |
| Atypical LPS | Leptospira interrogans | |
| Atypical LPS | Porphyromonas gingivalis | |
| Heat-shock protein 70 | Host | |
| TLR3 | Double-stranded RNA | Viruses |
| TLR4 | LPS | Gram-negative bacteria |
| Taxol | Plants | |
| Fusion protein | Respiratory syncytial virus | |
| Envelope protein | Mouse mammary-tumor virus | |
| Heat-shock protein 60 | Chlamydia pneumoniae | |
| Heat-shock protein 70 | Host | |
| Type III repeat extra domain A of fibronectin | Host | |
| Oligosaccharides of hyaluronic acid | Host | |
| Polysaccharide fragments of heparan sulphate | Host | |
| Fibrinogen | Host | |
| TLR5 | Flagellin | Bacteria |
| TLR6 | Diacyl lipopeptides | Mycoplasma |
| Lipoteichoic acid | Gram-positive bacteria | |
| Zymosan | Fungi | |
| TLR7 | Imidazoquinoline | Synthetic compounds |
| Loxoribine | Synthetic compounds | |
| Bropirimine | Synthetic compounds | |
| Single-stranded RNA | Viruses | |
| TLR8 | Imidazoquinoline | Synthetic compounds |
| Single-stranded RNA | Viruses | |
| TLR9 | CpG-containing DNA | Bacteria and viruses |
| TLR10 | Unknown | Unknown |
| TLR11 | Unknown | Uropathogenic bacteria |