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. 2021 Aug 4;22(16):8387. doi: 10.3390/ijms22168387

Table 1.

Effects of TLR activation in RPE cells.

TLR Agonist Effect Reference
TLR2 Chlamydia pneumonia Secretion IL-6, VEGF [65]
Expression MCP-1, IL-1ß, IL-8 [73]
PAM2CSK4 Expression CFB, C3 [70]
Expression/secretion IL-6, IL-1ß, IL-8, MCP1, TNFα [73,94,95]
Decreased barrier function, reduced expression tight junction [94]
TLR3 Poly I:C Expression/secretion IL-6, IL-1ß, IL-8, TNFα, MCP-1, sICAM-1, IFN-ß [25,88,90,91,94,95,97]
Expression HIF-1α, Jam-1, ICAM-1, bFGF, C5, C9, CFB [25,90,91]
VEGF [77]
Activation of ERK1/2, p38, JNK [77,91]
Reduced barrier function [94]
Induced cell death [43,74,76,77,97]
Poly I:C + paraquat Protection from oxidative stress [78,79]
TLR4 LPS Expression/secretion IL-8, IL-6, TNFα, IL-1ß [94,97,98,99]
Expression COX-2, iNOS [99]
Reduced barrier function [94,99]
Reduced cell viability [97]
Reduced phagocytosis [97]
Reduced expression RPE65 [97]
TLR9 CpG-DNA Secretion IL-8 [25]
Increased phagocytosis [25]