Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Apr 2023)

Toll-like receptors in cardiac hypertrophy

  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Jimin Wu,
  • Jimin Wu,
  • Jimin Wu,
  • Jimin Wu,
  • Jimin Wu,
  • Erdan Dong,
  • Erdan Dong,
  • Erdan Dong,
  • Erdan Dong,
  • Erdan Dong,
  • Zhanli Wang,
  • Zhanli Wang,
  • Han Xiao,
  • Han Xiao,
  • Han Xiao,
  • Han Xiao,
  • Han Xiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1143583
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that can identify pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). TLRs play an important role in the innate immune response, leading to acute and chronic inflammation. Cardiac hypertrophy, an important cardiac remodeling phenotype during cardiovascular disease, contributes to the development of heart failure. In previous decades, many studies have reported that TLR-mediated inflammation was involved in the induction of myocardium hypertrophic remodeling, suggesting that targeting TLR signaling might be an effective strategy against pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Thus, it is necessary to study the mechanisms underlying TLR functions in cardiac hypertrophy. In this review, we summarized key findings of TLR signaling in cardiac hypertrophy.

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