Review Article

Collaborative Action of Toll-Like and Nod-Like Receptors as Modulators of the Inflammatory Response to Pathogenic Bacteria

Table 1

Expression and localization of TLRs and NLRs in cellular types.

ReceptorCellular typeLocalizationReference

TLR1Monocytes, mature macrophages, mast cell, and dendritic cellsCell surface[191]
TLR2Monocytes, mature macrophages, and mast cellCell surface[191]
TLR3Dendritic cellsEndosomes[191]
TLR4Predominately in monocytes, mature macrophages, dendritic cells, mast cells, and intestinal epithelial cellsCell surface[191]
TLR5Predominately in intestinal epithelial cells, monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cellsCell surface[191]
TLR6Monocytes, mature macrophages, and mast cellCell surface[191]
TLR7Monocytes, macrophages, and plasmacytoid dendritic cellsEndosomes[191]
TLR8Monocytes, macrophages, and mast cellsEndosomes[191]
TLR9Monocytes, macrophages, and plasmacytoid dendritic cellsEndosomes[191]
TLR10Macrophages, trophoblasts, and intestinal epithelial cells in response to L. monocytogenes Cell surface, but can colocalize with TLR2 in phagosome[2325]
TLR11Macrophages, dendritic cells, and human embryonic kidney cellsCell surface and endoplasmic reticulum[26, 27]
TLR12Macrophages and dendritic cellsColocalizes with TLR11 in endoplasmic reticulum[26, 27]
NOD1Macrophages, human mononuclear cells, intestinal epithelial cells, and dendritic cellsIntracellularly[5052]
NOD2Macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells, Paneth cells, human airway smooth muscle cells, and epithelial and endothelial cellsIntracellularly[5052]
NLRC4Macrophages and gut epithelial cellsIntracellularly[109, 111, 114]
NLRP1Lymphocytes, respiratory epithelial cells, and myeloid cellsIntracellularly[95, 96]
NLRP3Myeloid cells and human bronchial epithelial cellsIntracellularly[82]