Medzhitov R, Janeway C
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Trends Microbiol. 2000 Oct;8(10):452-6. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(00)01845-x.
The survival of multicellular organisms is dependent on their ability to recognize invading microbial pathogens and to induce a variety of defense reactions. Recent evidence suggests that an evolutionarily ancient family of Toll-like receptors plays a crucial role in the detection of microbial infection and the induction of immune and inflammatory responses.
多细胞生物的生存取决于它们识别入侵微生物病原体并引发多种防御反应的能力。最近的证据表明,一个进化上古老的Toll样受体家族在检测微生物感染以及诱导免疫和炎症反应中起着关键作用。