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. 2005 Jul 27;107(1):1–29. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2005.05.028

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