Title:Toll-like Receptors as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Kidney Diseases
Volume: 27
Issue: 34
Author(s): Qian Ren, Lu Cheng, Jing Yi, Liang Ma, Jing Pan, Shen-Ju Gou*Ping Fu*
Affiliation:
- Kidney Research Laboratory, Division of Nephrology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China
- Kidney Research Laboratory, Division of Nephrology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China
Keywords:
Toll-like receptors, innate immunity, kidney diseases, therapy, glomerulonephritis, dysfunction.
Abstract: Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) are members of pattern recognition receptors and serve a
pivotal role in host immunity. TLRs response to pathogen-associated molecular patterns encoded by
pathogens or damage-associated molecular patterns released by dying cells, initiating an inflammatory
cascade, where both beneficial and detrimental effects can be exerted. Accumulated evidence
has revealed that TLRs are closely associated with various kidney diseases but their roles are still
not well understood. This review updated evidence on the roles of TLRs in the pathogenesis of kidney
diseases including urinary tract infection, glomerulonephritis, acute kidney injury, transplant
allograft dysfunction and chronic kidney diseases.