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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 179-189Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.10.013
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TLR; NLR; Deuterostome; Sea urchin; Immune recognition
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) [312221]
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP74667]
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Invertebrate animals are characterized by extraordinary diversity in terms of body plan, life history and life span. The past impression that invertebrate immune responses are controlled by relatively simple innate systems is increasingly contradicted by genomic analyses that reveal significant evolutionary novelty and complexity. One accessible measure of this complexity is the multiplicity of genes encoding homologs of pattern recognition receptors. These multigene families vary significantly in size, and their sequence character suggests that they vary in function. At the same time, certain aspects of downstream signaling appear to be conserved. Here, we analyze five major classes of immune recognition receptors from newly available animal genome sequences. These include the Toll-like receptors (TLR), Nod-like receptors (NLR), SRCR domain scavenger receptors, peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRP), and Gram negative binding proteins (GNBP). We discuss innate immune complexity in the invertebrate deuterostomes, which was first recognized in sea urchins, within the wider context of emerging genomic information across animal phyla. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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