Toll-like receptors 4, 5, 6 and 7 are constitutively expressed in non-human primate retinal neurons.

PubMed ID: 29954626

Author(s): Sauter MM, Kolb AW, Brandt CR. Toll-like receptors 4, 5, 6 and 7 are constitutively expressed in non-human primate retinal neurons. J Neuroimmunol. 2018 Sep 15;322:26-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.06.007. Epub 2018 Jun 11. PMID 29954626

Journal: Journal Of Neuroimmunology, Volume 322, Sep 2018

The purpose of this study was to characterize cell-specific expression patterns of Toll-like receptors (TLR) in non-human primate (NHP) neural retina tissue. TLR 4, 5, 6, and 7 proteins were detected by immunblotting of macaque retina tissue lysates and quantitative PCR (qPCR) demonstrated TLRs 4-7 mRNA expression. Immunofluorescence (IF) microscopy detected TLRs 4-7 in multiple cell types in macaque neural retina including Muller, retinal ganglion cells (RGC), amacrine, and bipolar cells. These results demonstrate that TLRs 4-7 are constitutively expressed by neurons in the NHP retina raising the possibility that these cells could be involved in retinal innate inflammatory responses.

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