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Review
. 2010:2010:567571.
doi: 10.1155/2010/567571. Epub 2011 Jan 9.

The role of Syk/CARD9-coupled C-type lectin receptors in immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections

Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala  1 , Lisa M Graham, Gordon D Brown
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Review

The role of Syk/CARD9-coupled C-type lectin receptors in immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections

Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala et al. Clin Dev Immunol. 2010.

Abstract

There is increasing interest in understanding the mechanisms underlying the interactions that occur between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host innate immune cells. These cells express pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) which recognise mycobacterial pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and which can influence the host immune response to the infection. Although many of the PRRs appear to be redundant in the control of M. tuberculosis infection in vivo, recent discoveries have revealed a key, nonredundant, role of the Syk/CARD9 signalling pathway in antimycobacterial immunity. Here we review these discoveries, as well as recent data investigating the role of the Syk/CARD9-coupled PRRs that have been implicated in mycobacterial recognition, including Dectin-1 and Mincle.

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Mincle- and Dectin-1-mediated signalling in response to mycobacteria. Upon recognition of their mycobacterial ligands, Dectin-1 and Mincle signal via the Syk/CARD9 pathway for the production of inflammatory cytokines and the induction of Th1 and Th17 responses. There is also evidence that Dectin-1 signalling can cooperate with TLR2 to induce protective immunity.
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