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Review
. 2016;8(6):541-549.
doi: 10.1159/000444687. Epub 2016 Apr 5.

Toll-Like Receptors in Cystic Fibrosis: Impact of Dysfunctional microRNA on Innate Immune Responses in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung

Sebastian F Vencken  1 , Catherine M Greene
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Review

Toll-Like Receptors in Cystic Fibrosis: Impact of Dysfunctional microRNA on Innate Immune Responses in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung

Sebastian F Vencken et al. J Innate Immun. 2016.

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a class of pattern recognition receptors that are particularly expressed in the sentinel and epithelial cells in the body, including the lung. They are central players in the innate immune system in response to microbial infection, and are the triggers of a complex pathway network that both promotes the inflammatory response and influences the adaptive immune response. These pathways are transiently and finely tuned by cellular factors, including a cell's microRNA response program. MicroRNAs are small, non-coding RNAs that specifically regulate gene expression. In this article, we review the disease-specific microRNA regulatory network of cystic fibrosis, a debilitating and ultimately fatal disease and, specifically, its effect on TLR signalling.

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MyD88- and TRIF-dependent TLR signalling pathways influenced by miRNAs in CF. Peli1 = Pellino-1.
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