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Published in: Current Infectious Disease Reports 5/2012

01-10-2012 | Sepsis (J Russell, Section Editor)

Toll-Like Receptors and Opportunities for New Sepsis Therapeutics

Author: John H. Boyd

Published in: Current Infectious Disease Reports | Issue 5/2012

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Abstract

Serious infection and the patient’s response (sepsis) is a serious health problem that, even today, is associated with a mortality rate of 30 %–50 %. The phases of severe sepsis include an early hyperinflammatory response to pathogens and a late immunosuppressed phase. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of transmembrane innate immune receptors that play a major role in both phases of sepsis. Here, their physiology and the therapeutic strategies employed to date are reviewed. Currently, there are no approved therapies targeting TLRs, but it is anticipated that in the future, the less-studied TLRs, such as TLR3, TLR7, and TLR9, will evolve therapeutic targets, perhaps predominantly with agonists, versus the usual antagonist strategies. Furthermore, accurately characterizing the stage of sepsis will be essential to directing appropriate therapeutic choices.
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Metadata
Title
Toll-Like Receptors and Opportunities for New Sepsis Therapeutics
Author
John H. Boyd
Publication date
01-10-2012
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Infectious Disease Reports / Issue 5/2012
Print ISSN: 1523-3847
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3146
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-012-0273-5

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