Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that play a central role in host cell recognition and responses to microbial pathogens. TLR …
Innate immune receptors have a key role in immune surveillance by sensing microorganisms and initiating protective immune responses. However, the innate immune …
PD Crompton, J Moebius, S Portugal… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by parasites of the obligate intracellular Apicomplexa phylum the most deadly of which, Plasmodium falciparum, prevails in Africa …
The discovery of mammalian TLRs (Toll-like receptors), first identified in 1997 based on their homology with Drosophila Toll, greatly altered our understanding of how the innate immune …
DC Gowda, X Wu - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Malaria caused by the Plasmodium family of parasites, especially P. falciparum and P. vivax, is a major health problem in many countries in the tropical and subtropical regions of the …
B Moldoveanu, P Otmishi, P Jani, J Walker… - Journal of …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Inflammation is the body's response to insults, which include infection, trauma, and hypersensitivity. The inflammatory response is complex and involves a variety of …
LM Coronado, CT Nadovich, C Spadafora - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Malaria is an extremely devastating disease that continues to affect millions of people each year. A distinctive attribute of malaria infected red blood cells is the presence of …
C Dostert, G Guarda, JF Romero, P Menu, O Gross… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Characteristic symptoms of malaria include recurrent fever attacks and neurodegeneration, signs that are also found in patients with a hyperactive Nalp3 …
Unmethylated DNA with CpG-motifs is recognized by Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) and pleiotropic immune responses are elicited. Macrophages and conventional dendritic cells …