Scientific background: |
TLR10 (Toll-like receptor 10), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TLR10 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family which plays a fundamental role in pathogen recognition and activation of innate immunity. By genomic sequence analysis, Hasan et al. (2005) determined that the TLR10 gene is clustered with TLR1 and TLR6 on chromosome 4p14. By coimmunoprecipitation analysis, Hasan et al. (2005) found that TLR10 associated with itself and with TLR1 and TLR2, but not with MD2. Signaling studies showed that TLR10 required MYD88, but not TIRAP, TRAM (TICAM2), or TRIF (TICAM1), to activate immune system promoters. Pro674 within the TLR10 TIR domain was required to activate all promoter examined. |
References: |
1. Chuang, T.-H., Ulevitch, R. J. Identification of hTLR10: a novel human Toll-like receptor preferentially expressed in immune cells. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1518: 157-161, 2001.
2. Hasan, U., Chaffois, C., Gaillard, C., Saulnier, V., Merck, E., Tancredi, S., Guiet, C., Briere, F., Vlach, J., Lebecque, S., Trinchieri, G., Bates, E. E. M. Human TLR10 is a functional receptor, expressed by B cells and plasmacytoid dendritic cells, which activates gene transcription through MyD88. J. Immun. 174: 2942-2950, 2005.
3. Kadowaki, N., Ho, S., Antonenko, S., de Waal Malefyt, R., Kastelein, R. A., Bazan, F., Liu, Y.-J. Subsets of human dendritic cell precursors express different Toll-like receptors and respond to different microbial antigens. J. Exp. Med. 194: 863-869, 2001.
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