title: Endotoxin recognition and signal transduction by the TLR4/MD2-complex.
abstract: Bacterial lipopolysaccharides are recognized in mammals by a receptor complex composed of CD14, Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 and MD-2. Transduction of signaling is achieved following the recruitment of a combination of four Toll-interleukin-1 resistance (TIR)-domain-containing adapter molecules, which provide a structural platform enabling the recruitment and activation of downstream effectors essential for pathway-specific transcription factor activation and inflammatory gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, LRB, Room 308, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: Douglas T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Golenbock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051218:Lymphocyte Antigen 96; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004731:Endotoxins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D051218:Lymphocyte Antigen 96; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors