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Table 1 Properties of toll-like receptors

From: Toll-like receptor-mediated innate immunity against herpesviridae infection: a current perspective on viral infection signaling pathways

TLRs

Localization

Ligands

TLR1/2 [33,34,35]

Cell surface

Triacylated lipopeptides

TLR2/6 [36,37,38,39,40,41]

Cell surface

Diacylated lipopeptides (Mycoplasma), Lipoteichoic acid (Streptococcus), Zymosan (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

TLR2 [38, 42,43,44,45,46,47,48]

Cell surface

Peptidoglycan (Gram-positive bacteria), Lipoarabinomannan (Mycobacteria), Hemagglutinin (measles virus), phosphatidylinositol mannoside 6 (Mycobacteria), Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (Trypanosoma)

TLR3 [49,50,51,52]

Endosome

ssRNA virus (West Nile virus), dsRNA virus (Respiratory syncytial virus, murine cytomegalovirus)

TLR4 [43, 53,54,55,56,57,58,59]

Cell surface

Lipopolysaccharide (Gram-negative bacteria), Mannan-binding lectin (Candida albicans), glycoinositol- phospholipids (Trypanosoma cruzi), Envelope proteins (respiratory syncytial virus, mouse mammary tumor)

TLR5 [60, 61]

Cell surface

Flagellin (flagellated bacteria)

TLR7 [62, 63]

Endosome

ssRNA viruses (vesicular stomatitis virus, influenza virus)

TLR8 [64,65,66]

Endosome

ssRNA from RNA viruses

TLR9 [67,68,69,70,71]

Endosome

dsRNA viruses (herpes simplex virus, murine cytomegalovirus), CpG motifs from bacteria and viruses, Hemozoin (Plasmodium)