Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and mannan-binding lectin (MBL): On constant alert in a hostile environment

Domain architecture evolution of pattern-recognition receptors

(2010) Qing Zhang et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

A Novel Mannose-binding Lectin/Ficolin-associated Protein Is Highly Expressed in Heart and Skeletal Muscle Tissues and Inhibits Complement Activation

(2010) Mikkel-Ole Skjoedt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors

(2010) Taro Kawai et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Crosstalk pathways between Toll-like receptors and the complement system

(2010) George Hajishengallis et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Human and Non-Human Primate Genomes Share Hotspots of Positive Selection

(2010) David Enard et al.   PLoS Genetics

Complement: coming full circle

(2009) Gaëlle Le Friec et al.   ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS

Nonlinear Dynamics of Nonsynonymous (dN) and Synonymous (dS) Substitution Rates Affects Inference of Selection

(2009) Jochen B. W. Wolf et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

European wild boars and domestic pigs display different polymorphic patterns in the Toll-like receptor (TLR) 1, TLR2, and TLR6 genes

(2009) Ingrid-Maria Bergman et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

From evolutionary genetics to human immunology: how selection shapes host defence genes

(2009) Luis B. Barreiro et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Diversity and evolution of 11 innate immune genes in Bos taurus taurus and Bos taurus indicus cattle

(2009) C. M. Seabury et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Variation matters: TLR structure and species-specific pathogen recognition

(2009) Dirk Werling et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Toll-like receptor signaling in bony fish

(2009) Alexander Rebl et al.   VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Evolutionary Dynamics of Human Toll-Like Receptors and Their Different Contributions to Host Defense

(2009) Luis B. Barreiro et al.   PLoS Genetics

Molecular evolution of bovine Toll-like receptor 2 suggests substitutions of functional relevance

(2008) Oliver C Jann et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Porcine Toll-like receptors: The front line of pathogen monitoring and possible implications for disease resistance

(2008) Hirohide Uenishi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Genomic analysis of the immune gene repertoire of amphioxus reveals extraordinary innate complexity and diversity

(2008) S. Huang et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Functional diversification of the toll-like receptor gene family

(2008) Austin L. Hughes et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Pattern recognition receptors and control of adaptive immunity

(2008) Noah W. Palm et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: Nematode coevolution with adaptive immunity, regulatory networks and the growth of inflammatory diseases

(2008) Daniel M. Altmann   IMMUNOLOGY

Structural Insight into the Mechanism of Activation of the Toll Receptor by the Dimeric Ligand Spätzle

(2008) Monique Gangloff et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Discrimination between host and pathogens by the complement system

(2008) Michael K. Pangburn et al.   VACCINE

The Population Genetics of dN/dS

(2008) Sergey Kryazhimskiy et al.   PLoS Genetics

Combinational recognition of bacterial lipoproteins and peptidoglycan by chicken Toll-like receptor 2 subfamily

(2007) Megumi Higuchi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Evidence for positive selection in the TLR9 gene of teleosts

(2007) Johnny Shou-Chung Chen et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY