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ReviewTrends in immunology2010

Crosstalk pathways between Toll-like receptors and the complement system.

George Hajishengallis, John D Lambris

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 154 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
154citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

154 citing papers in PubMed, 268 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Innate immunity: current understandings and future perspectives.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  4. Attenuating pulmonary injury and inflammation with C5/CD14 inhibition therapy: results from a porcine polytrauma model with blunt chest trauma.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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  8. The complement system in intestinal inflammation and cancer.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
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  14. Immunity and Coagulation in COVID-19.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  15. The Molecular Comorbidity Network of Periodontal Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  16. Is the endotoxin-complement cascade the major driver in lipedema?Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2024
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  20. Immune receptors and aging brain.Bioscience reports · 2024
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94 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

George HajishengallisUniversity of Louisville School of Dentistry, Division of Oral Health and Systemic Disease, Louisville, KY, USA. g0haji01@louisville.edu
John D Lambris
University of Louisville · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Role of complement in kidney disorders: from hemodialysis to transportationP01AI068730 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LAMBRIS, JOHN D · 2007 to 2018
$16.0M
P. gingivalis as a keystone pathogenR01DE015254 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2004 to 2018
$4.6M
STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF COMPSTATINR01GM062134 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LAMBRIS, JOHN D · 2001 to 2010
$2.5M
Oral Pathogen Exploitation of Innate Recognition as a Function of AgeR01DE018292 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS AI068730NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI068730NIDCR NIH HHS DE015254NIDCR NIH HHS DE018292NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE015254NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE018292NIGMS NIH HHS GM062134NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and complement are key innate defense systems that are triggered rapidly upon infection. Although both systems have been investigated primarily as separate entities, an emerging body of evidence indicates extensive crosstalk between complement and TLR signaling pathways. Analysis of these data suggests that the complement-TLR interplay reinforces innate immunity or regulates excessive inflammation, through synergistic or antagonistic interactions, respectively. However, the facility of complement and TLRs for communication is exploited by certain pathogens as a means to modify the host response in ways that favor the persistence of the pathogens. Further elucidation of regulatory links between complement and TLRs is essential for understanding their complex roles in health and disease.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAnimalsBacteriaCommunicable DiseasesComplement System ProteinsHost-Parasite InteractionsReceptors, ComplementSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesToll-Like ReceptorsVirusesComplement System ProteinsReceptors, ComplementToll-Like Receptors

Identifiers

PMID20153254
PMCPMC2849859
OpenAlexW2100902668

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