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ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology2021

Research progress on Toll-like receptor signal transduction and its roles in antimicrobial immune responses.

Pengpeng Xia, Yunping Wu, Siqi Lian, Li Yan, Xia Meng, Qiangde Duan, Guoqiang Zhu

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Review in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pengpeng XiaCollege of Veterinary Medicine (Institute of Comparative Medicine), Yangzhou University, 12th East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China. ppxia@yzu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3693-1312
Yunping WuCollege of Veterinary Medicine (Institute of Comparative Medicine), Yangzhou University, 12th East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Siqi LianCollege of Veterinary Medicine (Institute of Comparative Medicine), Yangzhou University, 12th East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Li YanCollege of Veterinary Medicine (Institute of Comparative Medicine), Yangzhou University, 12th East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Xia MengCollege of Veterinary Medicine (Institute of Comparative Medicine), Yangzhou University, 12th East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Qiangde DuanCollege of Veterinary Medicine (Institute of Comparative Medicine), Yangzhou University, 12th East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Guoqiang ZhuCollege of Veterinary Medicine (Institute of Comparative Medicine), Yangzhou University, 12th East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China. yzgqzhu@yzu.edu.cn.
Yangzhou University · CNMinistry of Education · MV

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32072820, 31702242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When microorganisms invade a host, the innate immune system first recognizes the pathogen-associated molecular patterns of these microorganisms through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are known transmembrane PRRs existing in both invertebrates and vertebrates. Upon ligand recognition, TLRs initiate a cascade of signaling events; promote the pro-inflammatory cytokine, type I interferon, and chemokine expression; and play an essential role in the modulation of the host's innate and adaptive immunity. Therefore, it is of great significance to improve our understanding of antimicrobial immune responses by studying the role of TLRs and their signal molecules in the host's defense against invading microbes. This paper aims to summarize the specificity of TLRs in recognition of conserved microbial components, such as lipoprotein, lipopolysaccharide, flagella, endosomal nucleic acids, and other bioactive metabolites derived from microbes. This set of interactions helps to elucidate the immunomodulatory effect of TLRs and the signal transduction changes involved in the infectious process and provide a novel therapeutic strategy to combat microbial infections.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsImmunity, InnateAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsAnti-Infective AgentsToll-Like ReceptorsAnti-infective immunityMicroorganismSignal transductionToll-like receptors

Identifiers

PMID34180006
PMCPMC8236385
OpenAlexW3176432712

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