A small number of Toll-like receptors can detect a broad range of human pathogens, as well as a variety of other molecules that indicate tissue damage, by a process called pattern recognition.

Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) are expressed by cells in the body in order to sense molecules that are associated with infection or tissue damage. They are important for activating the ...

it causes this thing called a pattern recognition receptor to wake up and say, 'This isn't supposed to be here,' which triggers an immune reaction," said the study's senior author Dr. James Hansen ...

it causes this thing called a pattern recognition receptor to wake up and say, 'This isn't supposed to be here,' which triggers an immune reaction. By doing that, the antibody has significantly ...