Activation of the innate immune system in atherosclerotic disease
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Innate immunity is the first line of defence against invading micro-organisms. The family of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognizes pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that are carried by the invading micro-organisms. Infectious pathogens have been implicated to play an important role in atherosclerosis. Nowadays, evidence is accumulating that TLRs play an important role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis too. A lot is known about the exogenous ligands that are able to activate the TLRs, but it is also known that endogenous ligands have the capacity to activate TLRs when exogenous ligands are absent. Studies on knockout mice, epidemiological studies and even human polymorphism studies confirmed the important role of TLRs in development and progression of atherosclerotic disease. Studies with antagonists against TLR ligands and vaccination studies demonstrated that TLR signaling might be a potential target for intervention in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. © 2007 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Topics
Biomedical ResearchAtherogenesisInfectionInflammationInnate immunityToll-like receptorsantibiotic agentazithromycine 5331e 5531e 5564eritoranligandlipid A derivativelipopolysaccharide antagonistlow density lipoproteinmalonaldehydeoxidized low density lipoproteinplaceboreceptor blocking agenttoll like receptorvaccineantigen recognitionatherogenesisatherosclerosisclinical trialdisease coursedrug megadosedrug targetinggenetic polymorphismhumaninnate immunityknockout mouselow drug dosenonhumanpriority journalreviewsignal transductionvaccinationAnimalsAtherosclerosisCommunicable DiseasesHumansImmunity, NaturalImmunotherapyInflammationLigandsLipopolysaccharidesLipoproteinsPeptidoglycanSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsVaccines
TNO Identifier
239930
ISSN
13816128
Source
Current Pharmaceutical Design, 13(10), pp. 983-994.
Pages
983-994
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