The TLR4-2081G/A polymorphism seems to affect the risk of gastric carcinogenesis and may to some degree play a protective role against H. pylori infection.
Caco-2 cells that expressed TLR4-D299G had significant increases in expression levels of genes and proteins associated with inflammation and/or tumorigenesis compared with cells that expressed other forms of TLR4.
Our findings indicate that dysfunction in the CD14/TLR4 antagonism may contribute to normal epithelial transition to carcinogenesis, and provide novel strategies for intervention against colorectal cancer.
Our recent study showed that short-time exposure to low-dose TCS causes colonic inflammation, increases severity of colitis, and exacerbates colitis-associated colon tumorigenesis in mice, through gut microbiota- and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-dependent mechanisms.
Our study provides support for a better understanding of the implication of TLR-4 polymorphism in breast tumorigenesis and for its eventual use as a cancer biomarker.
The aim of this study was to assess whether the TLR4 KO mice would still be protected from carcinogenesis after platelet depletion and transfusion with TLR4 wild-type platelets.
337 transcripts were upregulated, and 569 were downregulated, including genes previously associated with various aspects of prostate carcinogenesis such as TLR4 and IGFBP5, respectively.
In this review, we have summarized key features of the TLR4 signaling pathway and its associated immune responses and focused on the pathologic role of TLR4 in prostate carcinogenesis and tumor progression.
Our results provide direct evidence that during tumorigenesis, IMCs and CAFs are activated by innate TLR4/MyD88-mediated signals and promote carcinogenesis in the intestine.
As the cervix is in constant contact with bacteria, especially Gram-negative bacteria, we hypothesize that TLR4-mediated bacterial stimulation may be involved in the tumorigenesis of cervical cancer.
Inflammatory signaling downstream of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) has been implicated in several forms of tumorigenesis, yet its role in solar UV-induced skin carcinogenesis remains undefined.
These results highlight an essential role of the TLR4 pathway and chronic inflammation in KSHV-induced tumorigenesis, which helps explain why HIV-infected patients, who frequently suffer from opportunistic bacterial infections and metabolic complications, frequently develop Kaposi sarcoma.<i></i>.
After combining these results with KEGG enrichment data, it was determined that TLR4 might promote intestinal tumorigenesis by activating cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction and pathways in cancer signalling pathways.
Considering that both integrin β6 and TLR4 play important roles in tumorigenesis, our data suggest that bacterial infection may trigger cancer development in HPV-infected cervical epithelium.