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Cryo-EM Structure of Human TLR4/MD-2/DLAM5 Complex
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Structural highlights
DiseaseTLR4_HUMAN Genetic variation in TLR4 is associated with age-related macular degeneration type 10 (ARMD10) [MIM:611488. ARMD is a multifactorial eye disease and the most common cause of irreversible vision loss in the developed world. In most patients, the disease is manifest as ophthalmoscopically visible yellowish accumulations of protein and lipid that lie beneath the retinal pigment epithelium and within an elastin-containing structure known as Bruch membrane. FunctionTLR4_HUMAN Cooperates with LY96 and CD14 to mediate the innate immune response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Acts via MYD88, TIRAP and TRAF6, leading to NF-kappa-B activation, cytokine secretion and the inflammatory response. Also involved in LPS-independent inflammatory responses triggered by Ni(2+). These responses require non-conserved histidines and are, therefore, species-specific.[1] References
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