TLR4

toll like receptor 4

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family which plays a fundamental role in pathogen recognition and activation of innate immunity. TLRs are highly conserved from Drosophila to humans and share structural and functional similarities. They recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns that are expressed on infectious agents, and mediate the production of cytokines necessary for the development of effective immunity. The various TLRs exhibit different patterns of expression. In silico studies have found a particularly strong binding of surface TLR4 with the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). This receptor has also been implicated in signal transduction events induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) found in most gram-negative bacteria. Mutations in this gene have been associated with differences in LPS responsiveness, and with susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]

Known Variants91 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs19279149:120,464,725G/Aupstream gene variant
rs107599329:120,465,144T/G
rs10054842069:120,466,756G/Tuncertain significance
rs2008298649:120,466,772G/Tuncertain significance
rs1128403239:120,466,811G/Auncertain significance
rs1416761219:120,466,814A/Guncertain significance
rs108180739:120,467,576C/Tregulatory region variant
rs123443539:120,468,649T/Cdownstream gene variant
rs115368699:120,469,832A/Gdownstream gene variant
rs19279119:120,470,054A/C
rs788483999:120,470,884A/Glikely benign
rs8923624649:120,470,922C/Guncertain significance
rs24906870629:120,470,929T/Guncertain significance
rs1474531319:120,470,966C/Gbenign
rs115368789:120,471,553C/Aupstream gene variant
rs115368799:120,472,211A/T
rs123776329:120,472,730T/A
rs19279079:120,472,764C/Tupstream gene variant
rs27701469:120,473,338T/Cupstream gene variant
rs1173435029:120,473,466G/Aupstream gene variant
rs50307179:120,473,834A/Gupstream gene variant
rs21493569:120,474,199T/Gupstream gene variant
rs50307289:120,474,282G/T
rs50307299:120,474,339A/Gupstream gene variant
rs563024449:120,474,683A/Glikely benign
rs1389245269:120,474,745C/Tlikely benign
rs18292488519:120,474,752A/Guncertain significance
rs50307119:120,474,841C/Alikely benign
rs14723914479:120,474,842A/Guncertain significance
rs50307129:120,474,895A/Gbenign
rs169060799:120,474,929A/Glikely benign
rs24906960889:120,474,963A/Guncertain significance
rs7703348209:120,475,013C/Guncertain significance
rs2001959029:120,475,020A/Tuncertain significance
rs1998855349:120,475,232G/Tuncertain significance
rs1378539209:120,475,248G/Alikely benign
rs49867909:120,475,302A/Gmissense variantuncertain significance
rs1415340859:120,475,307A/Guncertain significance
rs7662437769:120,475,331A/Tuncertain significance
rs12970313659:120,475,421A/Guncertain significance
rs5599497559:120,475,423C/Auncertain significance
rs2007139949:120,475,434G/Tuncertain significance
rs560700489:120,475,468A/Glikely benign
rs24906986919:120,475,499A/Guncertain significance
rs7761844479:120,475,534G/Tuncertain significance
rs2011147389:120,475,547A/Guncertain significance
rs49867919:120,475,602C/Tmissense variantuncertain significance
rs50307169:120,475,735C/Tlikely benign
rs7539551959:120,475,772C/Tuncertain significance
rs14524427669:120,475,797A/Tuncertain significance
rs24906998689:120,475,837A/Tuncertain significance
rs12532633719:120,475,851C/Tuncertain significance
rs1396491489:120,475,927A/Glikely benign
rs50307199:120,475,936G/Tmissense variantbenign
rs1409762979:120,476,041C/Tlikely benign
rs24907007659:120,476,082C/Tuncertain significance
rs3730034299:120,476,094A/Guncertain significance
rs50307209:120,476,185G/Auncertain significance
rs15642665909:120,476,228G/Auncertain significance
rs11795024779:120,476,261C/Tuncertain significance
rs1468591629:120,476,271G/Auncertain significance
rs1406619169:120,476,305C/Alikely benign
rs2017928139:120,476,361A/Guncertain significance
rs50307219:120,476,365A/Gbenign
rs7565998609:120,476,452C/Auncertain significance
rs50307239:120,476,694G/Alikely benign
rs21311734249:120,476,714G/Auncertain significance
rs18293052579:120,476,726G/Clikely benign
rs7750512069:120,476,754T/Cuncertain significance
rs24907034069:120,476,756G/Cuncertain significance
rs18293100099:120,476,878A/Cuncertain significance
rs15880957799:120,476,880G/Anot provided
rs24907038939:120,476,889G/Alikely benign
rs2006754009:120,477,381G/Alikely benign
rs414263449:120,477,933G/C3 prime UTR variant
rs78694029:120,478,032C/T3 prime UTR variant
rs10573179:120,478,042C/A
rs115368899:120,478,131G/A
rs78737849:120,478,936G/C3 prime UTR variantbenign
rs115368919:120,479,337T/Cdownstream gene variant
rs115368979:120,480,010G/Adownstream gene variant
rs19279069:120,480,115T/Cdownstream gene variant
rs115368989:120,480,210C/Adownstream gene variant
rs15549739:120,480,812T/Cdownstream gene variant
rs24907128629:120,481,018C/Tuncertain significance
rs78608969:120,483,103A/Gregulatory region variant
rs24907155319:120,483,216C/Alikely benign
rs70371179:120,483,663A/Gdownstream gene variant
rs9139309:120,484,009G/Adownstream gene variant
rs19279059:120,485,308T/Cintergenic variant
rs70459539:120,485,795A/Gintergenic variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.