Macrophage differentiation marker MyD88 is a member of the Toll/IL-1 receptor family

D Hultmark - Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 1994 - Elsevier
The interleukin-1 receptor in mammals and the product of the Toll gene in Drosophila are
related transmembrane receptors, involved in the activation of transcription factors of the rel …

Structural basis for the multiple interactions of the MyD88 TIR domain in TLR4 signaling

H Ohnishi, H Tochio, Z Kato, KE Orii… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Myeloid differentiating factor 88 (MyD88) and MyD88 adaptor-like (Mal) are adaptor
molecules critically involved in the Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 signaling pathway. While Mal …

A universal role for MyD88 in TLR/IL-1R-mediated signaling

S Janssens, R Beyaert - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2002 - cell.com
The MyD88 adapter protein links members of the toll-like receptor (TLR) and interleukin-1
receptor (IL-1R) superfamily to the downstream activation of nuclear factor-κB and mitogen …

The Toll-like receptor 2 is recruited to macrophage phagosomes and discriminates between pathogens

DM Underhill, A Ozinsky, AM Hajjar, A Stevens… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Macrophages orchestrate innate immunity by phagocytosing pathogens and coordinating
inflammatory responses. Effective defence requires the host to discriminate between …

Inferences, questions and possibilities in Toll-like receptor signalling

B Beutler - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Abstract The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the key proteins that allow mammals—whether
immunologically naive or experienced—to detect microbes. They lie at the core of our …

Molecular definition of the endogenous Toll-like receptor signalling pathways

D Fisch, T Zhang, H Sun, W Ma, Y Tan, SP Gygi… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Innate immune pattern recognition receptors, such as the Toll-like receptors (TLRs), are key
mediators of the immune response to infection and central to our understanding of health …

Regulation of innate immune signaling by IRAK proteins

M Pereira, RT Gazzinelli - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and interleukin-1 receptors (IL-1R) families are of paramount
importance in coordinating the early immune response to pathogens. Signaling via most …

MyD88: an adapter that recruits IRAK to the IL-1 receptor complex

H Wesche, WJ Henzel, W Shillinglaw, S Li, Z Cao - Immunity, 1997 - cell.com
IL-1 is a proinflammatory cytokine that signals through a receptor complex of two different
transmembrane chains to generate multiple cellular responses, including activation of the …

TRAM is specifically involved in the Toll-like receptor 4–mediated MyD88-independent signaling pathway

M Yamamoto, S Sato, H Hemmi, S Uematsu… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
Recognition of pathogens by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) triggers innate immune responses
through signaling pathways mediated by Toll–interleukin 1 receptor (TIR) domain …

Helical assembly in the death domain (DD) superfamily

R Ferrao, H Wu - Current opinion in structural biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Death domain (DD) superfamily members play a central role in apoptotic and inflammatory
signaling through formation of oligomeric molecular scaffolds. These scaffolds promote the …