The discovery of Toll-like receptors (TLR) has revolutionised our understanding of innate immunity. Numerous reviews have been written on the Subject in the past few years. Here, we review the evidence that TLRs are involved in sensing and initiating anti-viral responses. There are now three strong lines of evidence that support such a role for TLRs. Firstly, TLRs 'recognise' virally derived molecules and are required for various virus-induced cellular effects. Secondly, TLRs trigger anti-viral signalling pathways leading to the induction of the interferon response. Thirdly. viral immuine strategies employed against TLRs have been identitied. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
Pope R.M.
Huang Q.-Q.
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Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611