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Toll-LikeReceptorSignaling•TollreceptorinitiallydiscoveredinDrosophilaasimportantreceptorindorso-ventralembryonicpattern–Tollmutantsreferstothefactthatthesemutantscouldnotestablishaproperdorsal-ventralaxis–TollinGermanmeans‘great’,apparentlythiswasoneofthewordsdescribingthescientists’enthusiasmafterobservingthemutantflies•HoffmanandcolleaguesshowedthatToll-mutantfliessusceptibletofungalinfections•MammalianhomologuesdiscoveredanddesignatedasToll-LikeReceptors(TLR)•TLRsrecognizespecificpatternsinpathogenswhicharenotobservedinmammals第二页,共二十三页
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•LargemoleculesfoundinoutermembraneofGram-negativebacteria•Comprisedofalipidandsaccharidecomponent•Highlyimmunogenic•RecognizedbyTLR4•C