Title:Toll-like Receptors as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Kidney Diseases
Volume: 27
Issue: 34
关键词:
Toll样受体,先天免疫,肾脏疾病,治疗,肾小球肾炎,功能紊乱
摘要: 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.