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Table 1 Representative pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and their ligands

From: Pathophysiology and biomarkers of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Family

Member

PAMPs

DAMPs

TLR

TLR1

Lipopeptides, lipoarabinomannan

Serum amyloid A protein

TLR2

Lipopeptides, LTA, lipoarabinomannan, mannan, virus structural protein, zymosan, β-glucan

HMGB1, serum amyloid A protein

TLR3

dsRNA

 

TLR4

LPS, virus structural protein

HMGB1, HSP60, HSP70, S100, HA, fatty acid

TLR5

Flagellin

 

TLR6

Lipopeptides, zymosan, β-glucan

HA

TLR7

ssRNA

 

TLR8

ssRNA

 

TLR9

CpG-DNA

Histone, mitochondrial DNA, self-DNA-containing immune complexes

NLR

NOD1

DAP-type PGN

 

NOD2

MDP

 

NLRC4

Flagellin, bacterial secretion systems

 

NLRP3

Pore-forming toxins, MDP

Nucleic acid, ATP, uric acid, HA, silica

RLR

RIG-I

dsRNA

Immunocomplex of snRNPs

Immunoglobulin superfamily

RAGE

 

AGEs, HMGB-1, S100B, transthyretin, amyloid-β peptide, Mac-1 integrin

  1. PRRs pattern recognition receptors, PAMPs pathogen-associated molecular patterns, DAMPs damage (danger)-associated molecular patterns, TLR toll-like receptor, LTA lipoteichoic acid, HMGB-1 high-mobility group box 1, LPS lipopolysaccharide, HSP heat shock protein, HA hyaluronic acid, NLR nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor, DAP-type PGN diaminopimelic acid containing peptidoglycan, MDP muramyl dipeptide, NLRC4 NLR family CARD domain containing 4, NLRP3 NLR family pyrin domain containing 3, ATP adenosine triphosphate, RLR retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I)-like receptor, RAGEs receptor for advanced glycation end products, AGEs advanced glycation end products.