[Term] id: PR:000001160 name: Toll-like receptor 9 def: "A Toll-like receptor that is a translation product of the human TLR9 gene or a 1:1 ortholog thereof. Non-methylated CpG motifs, present in viral and bacterial DNA, are one of many pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP) recognized by the mammalian innate immune system. Recognition of this PAMP occurs through a specific interaction with Toll-like receptor 9 and this interaction can induce cytokine responses that influence both innate and adaptive immune responses." [PMID:11022119] comment: Category=gene. synonym: "TLR9" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DNx] synonym: "CD289" EXACT [] synonym: "UNQ5798/PRO19605" RELATED Gene-based [] xref: IUPHARobj:1759 is_a: PR:000001096 ! Toll-like receptor