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. 2021 Nov 1;35(15):1324–1339. doi: 10.1089/ars.2021.0005

Table 1.

Toll-Like Receptors and Ligands

TLR TLR localization Adaptor molecule PAMP DAMP References
TLR1 Plasma membrane MyD88/TIRAP Triacyl lipopeptide soluble factors (117)
TLR2 Plasma membrane MyD88/TIRAP Lipoproteins, zymosan, atypical LPS, peptidoglycan, lipoarabinomannan Hsp60, Hsp70, and glycoprotein 96, HMGB1, hyaluronic acid, matrix metalloproteinase 2, pancreatic adenocarcinoma upregulated factor (5, 10, 19, 33, 38, 59, 91, 92, 112, 125, 127, 129)
TLR3 Endosome TRIF dsRNA mRNA (57)
TLR4 Plasma membrane and endosome MyD88/TIRAP, TRIF/TRAM LPS, taxol, fusion protein, envelope protein Hsp60, Hsp70, Hsp72, Hsp22, hyaluronic acid, glycoprotein 96, heparan sulfate, fibrinogen, HMGB1 (3, 15, 25, 55, 56, 88, 89, 92, 100, 101, 106, 111, 121, 129, 130)
TLR5 Plasma membrane MyD88 Flagellin HMGB1 (43)
TLR6 Plasma membrane MyD88/TIRAP Di-acyl lipopeptides, lipoteichoic acid, β-glucan Amyloid β and oxidized LDL (23, 41, 63, 126)
TLR7 Endosome MyD88 ssRNA, imidazoquinoline, loxoribine, bropirimine ssRNA
miRNA
(1, 44, 48, 73, 83, 131, 142, 143)
TLR8 Endosome MyD88 ssRNA, midazoquinoline ssRNA (45, 83, 131)
TLR9 Endosome MyD88 CpG-containing DNA, dsDNA, hemozoin chromatin-IgG complex
mtDNA
(11, 20, 36, 66, 67, 76, 81, 96, 141)
TLR10 Plasma membrane MyD88 Lipopeptides   (42)
TLR11 Endosome MyD88 Flagellin   (137, 138)
TLR12 Endosome MyD88 Profilin-like protein   (99)
TLR13 Endosome MyD88 23s ribosomal RNA   (85)

CpG, cytidine-phosphate-guanosine; DAMP, damage-associated molecular pattern; ds, double-stranded; HMGB1, high-mobility group box 1; Hsp, heat-shock protein; IFN, interferon; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; miRNA, microRNA; mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA; MyD88, myeloid differentiation factor 88; PAMP, pathogen-associated molecular pattern; TIRAP, TIR domain-containing adaptor protein; TLR, toll-like receptor; TRAM, Trif-related adaptor molecule; TRIF, TIR domain-containing adaptor inducing IFN-β-mediated transcription factor.