Review Article

Multiple Factors Determine the Oncolytic or Carcinogenic Effects of TLRs Activation in Cancer

Table 1

Ligands of mammalian TLRs.

TLRTypical ligandFunctional dimerReference

TLR1Bacterial diacylated lipopeptideTLR1-TLR2[9]
TLR2Bacterial lipoprotein/lipopeptideTLR1-TLR2/TLR2-TLR6[10]
TLR3Double-stranded RNATLR3-TLR3[11]
TLR4Bacterial lipopolysaccharideTLR4-MD2-TLR4-MD2[12]
TLR5Bacterial flagellinTLR5-TLR5[13]
TLR6Bacterial triacylated lipopeptideTLR2-TLR6[14]
TLR7Single-stranded RNATLR7-TLR7[15]
TLR8Single-stranded RNATLR8-TLR8[15]
TLR9Unmethylated CpG containing single-stranded DNATLR9-TLR9[16]
TLR10HIV-1 gp41 proteinTLR1-TLR10/TLR2-TLR10/TLR10-TLR10[17]
TLR11Toxoplasma gondii profilinTLR11-TLR11/TLR11-TLR12[18]
TLR12Toxoplasma gondii profilinTLR12-TLR12/TLR11-TLR12[19]
TLR13Bacterial ribosomal single-stranded RNATLR13-TLR13[20]

MD2, myeloid differentiation factor 2.