Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2013, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 41-48.

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Insights into Toll-like Receptor from Marine Animals

Sun Hongjuan1,2,Zhou Zunchun2,Cui Jun1 ,Wang Xiuli1   

  1. 1. College of Fisheries and Life Science,Dalian Ocean University,Dalian 116023;
    2. Liaoning Key Lab of Marine Fishery Molecular Biology,Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute,Dalian 116023
  • Received:2012-07-16 Revised:2013-01-31 Online:2013-01-30 Published:2013-01-30

Abstract: Toll-like receptors are a family of the primitive pattern recognition receptors in innate immunity system, which attract theinterest of immunologists all the time. Animals from the most ancient metazoan phylum porifera to bony fish are considered to possess TLR genes.In this paper, we collect the latest data about TLR and signaling pathway molecules from different marine phyla, the mechanisms of domainshuffling and polymorphism of TLR, which will be useful for exploring the origin of vertebrate TLR and prevent marine animals from diseases.

Key words: TLR , Marine animal , Signaling pathway , Domain shuffling , Polymorphism