From influenza to COVID-19: Lipid nanoparticle mRNA vaccines at the frontiers of infectious diseases

EH Pilkington, EJA Suys, NL Trevaskis, AK Wheatley… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Vaccination represents the best line of defense against infectious diseases and is crucial in
curtailing pandemic spread of emerging pathogens to which a population has limited …

Structural and functional understanding of the toll‐like receptors

J Asami, T Shimizu - Protein Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recognition of invading pathogens by the innate immune system is essential to initiate
antimicrobial responses and trigger adaptive immunity. This is largely mediated by an array …

Toll-like receptor (TLRs) agonists and antagonists for COVID-19 treatments

ZM Liu, MH Yang, K Yu, ZX Lian… - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rapidly infects
humans and animals which make coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a grievous …

Small-molecule modulators targeting toll-like receptors for potential anticancer therapeutics

J Wang, J Zhang, J Wang, X Hu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are key components of the innate immune system and serve as a
crucial link between innate and acquired immunity. In addition to immune function, TLRs are …

Distinct SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragments activate Toll-like receptors 7 and 8 and induce cytokine release from human macrophages and microglia

T Wallach, M Raden, L Hinkelmann, M Brehm… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The pandemic coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and is marked by thromboembolic …

Multi-epitope peptide vaccines targeting dengue virus serotype 2 created via immunoinformatic analysis

RN Morgan, NSM Ismail, MY Alshahrani… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Middle East has witnessed a greater spread of infectious Dengue viruses, with
serotype 2 (DENV-2) being the most prevalent form. Through this work, multi-epitope …

Human and murine toll-like receptor-driven disease in systemic lupus erythematosus

S von Hofsten, KA Fenton, HL Pedersen - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is linked to the differential roles of
toll-like receptors (TLRs), particularly TLR7, TLR8, and TLR9. TLR7 overexpression or gene …

Anti-TLR7 antibody protects against lupus nephritis in NZBWF1 mice by targeting B cells and patrolling monocytes

Y Murakami, R Fukui, R Tanaka, Y Motoi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by
autoantibody production and multiple organ damage. Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7), an innate …

Cryo-electron microscopic analysis of single-pass transmembrane receptors

K Cai, X Zhang, X Bai - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-pass transmembrane receptors (SPTMRs) represent a diverse group of integral
membrane proteins that are involved in many essential cellular processes, including signal …

Targeting TLR signaling cascades in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis: An update

GD Kalliolias, EK Basdra, AG Papavassiliou - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Evidence from animal models and human genetics implicates Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) in
the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) …