[The role of pattern-recognizing receptors in anti-infectious immunity]

Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk. 2011:(10):47-54.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Pattern-recognizing receptors (PRR) play a key role in the functioning of human immune system. They are the primary sensors of infection capable of distinguishing between various highly conservative molecular patterns (pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs)) contained in pathogenic organisms. Binding of these molecular patterns to PRR induces a variety of reactions of innate (secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and antimicrobial peptides, activation of phagocytosis, etc.) and adaptive (antibody processing and presentation, polarization of T-cell response, etc.) immunity. Great interest in the molecular mechanisms of pathogen recognition resulted in the discovery of numerous PRR. The aim of this review is to systematize the currently available data on PRR, their specificity, and role in the formation of anti-inflammatory immunity.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antigen Presentation*
  • Communicable Diseases / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases / immunology*
  • Forecasting
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Active*
  • Immunity, Innate*
  • Immunotherapy / methods*
  • Immunotherapy / trends
  • Ligands
  • Receptors, Pattern Recognition* / classification
  • Receptors, Pattern Recognition* / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Ligands
  • Receptors, Pattern Recognition