Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6114416 Autoimmunity Reviews 2015 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
Pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) can detect various pathogen-associated molecular patterns such as carbohydrates, nucleic acids or bacterial peptides and play a major role in both innate and adaptive immunity. In physiological conditions, the engagement of PRRs triggers the production of proinflammatory cytokines and promotes pathogen destruction. Inappropriate stimulation or defective regulation of PRR has been recently evidenced in several inherited inflammatory disorders. This new field of childhood-onset inflammatory diseases encompass the so-called type-I interferon-related diseases and autoinflammatory diseases.
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