Update on toll-like receptor-directed therapies for human disease

Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Nov;66 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):iii77-80. doi: 10.1136/ard.2007.078998.

Abstract

Innate responses to microbes are mediated in large part by toll-like receptors (TLRs), which recognise a diverse range of molecules produced by viruses, bacteria and fungi. Great effort has been directed towards translating this knowledge into the development of new therapies for a wide spectrum of diseases, including infectious, malignant, autoimmune and allergic diseases. This review will provide a brief update on completed, ongoing and planned clinical trials of TLR ligand-based therapies for the treatment of diseases in humans.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / therapeutic use
  • Autoimmune Diseases / drug therapy
  • Autoimmune Diseases / immunology
  • Communicable Diseases / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases / immunology
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity / drug therapy
  • Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Immunity, Innate / immunology
  • Immunotherapy / methods
  • Ligands
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms / immunology
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / immunology
  • Toll-Like Receptors / agonists
  • Toll-Like Receptors / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Toll-Like Receptors / immunology*

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Ligands
  • Toll-Like Receptors