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Pathways of airway oxidant formation by house dust mite allergens and viral RNA converge through myosin motors, pannexons and Toll-like receptor 4.

Jihui ZhangJie ChenShannon C MangatChathuri Perera BaruhupolageDavid R GarrodClive Robinson
Published in: Immunity, inflammation and disease (2018)
Our data identify for the first time that endogenously-generated prothrombin and TLR4 form a shared effector mechanism essential to intracellular ROS generation activated by a group 1 HDM allergen (itself a prothrombinase) or by ligation of viral RNA-sensing TLRs. These stimuli operate a confluent signaling pathway in which myosin motors, gating of pannexons, and ADAM 10 lead to prothrombin-dependent activation of TLR4 with a recycling activation of pannexons.
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