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ReviewViruses2011

Pattern recognition receptors and the innate immune response to viral infection.

Mikayla R Thompson, John J Kaminski, Evelyn A Kurt-Jones, Katherine A Fitzgerald

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Review in Viruses, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 485 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

485 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mikayla R ThompsonDivision of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. MikaylaR.Thompson@umassmed.edu
John J Kaminski
Evelyn A Kurt-Jones
Katherine A Fitzgerald

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The innate immune response to viral pathogens is critical in order to mobilize protective immunity. Cells of the innate immune system detect viral infection largely through germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) present either on the cell surface or within distinct intracellular compartments. These include the Toll-like receptors (TLRs), the retinoic acid-inducble gene I-like receptors (RLRs), the nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLRs, also called NACHT, LRR and PYD domain proteins) and cytosolic DNA sensors. While in certain cases viral proteins are the trigger of these receptors, the predominant viral activators are nucleic acids. The presence of viral sensing PRRs in multiple cellular compartments allows innate cells to recognize and quickly respond to a broad range of viruses, which replicate in different cellular compartments. Here, we review the role of PRRs and associated signaling pathways in detecting viral pathogens in order to evoke production of interferons and cytokines. By highlighting recent progress in these areas, we hope to convey a greater understanding of how viruses activate PRR signaling and how this interaction shapes the anti-viral immune response.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateVirus Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsHumansReceptors, Pattern RecognitionSignal TransductionVirus DiseasesVirusesReceptors, Pattern RecognitionAIM2 like receptorcytosolic DNA sensorinflammasomeinterferonnod like receptorpattern recognition receptorRIG-I like receptortoll like receptorvirus

Identifiers

PMID21994762
PMCPMC3186011

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