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. 2018 Mar 13:365–374.e1. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-6896-6.00025-9

TABLE 25.2.

Sensors of Viral Infection

Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs)
TLR3 dsRNA, MCMV, VSV, LCMV, HSV, EBV
TLR7 and TLR8 ssRNA, Influenza virus, HIV, VSV
TLR9 dsDNA, HSV, MCMV
TLR2 MV hemagglutinin protein, HSV, HCMV
TLR4 MMTV envelope protein, RSV
RIG-I-Like Helicases (RLHs)
RIG-I Influenza virus, VSV, HCV, JEV, MV, RSV, Sendai virus, EBV
MDA-5 Poly(I:C), MV, Sendai virus, VSV, MCMV, Picornaviruses
NOD-Like Receptors (NLRs)
NLRP3 Influenza virus, Sendai virus, Adenovirus, Vaccinia virus
NOD2 Influenza virus, VSV, RSV
Other sensors
AIM2 Vaccinia virus, MCMV
ZBP1 (DAI) Cytosolic dsDNA, HSV
IFI16 Cytosolic dsDNA, HSV
cGAS Cytosolic dsDNA, HSV

AIM2, absent in melanoma-2; IFI16, Gamma-interferon-inducible protein Ifi-16; cGAS, cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase; ZBP1, Z-DNA-binding protein 1; DAI, DNA-dependent activator of IFN; dsRNA, double-strand RNA; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; HCMV, human cytomegalovirus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HSV, herpes simplex virus 1/2; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; MCMV, murine cytomegalovirus; MDA-5, melanoma differentiation-associated gene; MMTV, mouse mammary tumor virus; MV, measles virus; NLR, NOD-like receptor; RLH, RIG-I-like helicase; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; ssRNA, single-strand RNA; TLR, Toll-like receptor; VSV, vesicular stomatitis virus.