SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF CELLULAR ACTIVITIES MEDIATED THROUGH A COMMON TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR

摘要

Methods of identifying compounds that selectively modulate cellular activities mediated by a common TLR are provided. Generally, the methods include providing an assay to detect modulation of a first cellular activity mediated by a TLR; providing an assay to detect modulation of a second cellular activity mediated by the TLR; performing each assay using a test compound; and identifying the test compound as a compound that selectively modulates at least one cellular activity of a plurality of activities mediated by a common TLR if the test compound modulates the first cellular activity to a different extent than it modulates the second TLR-mediated cellular activity. Compounds identified by such methods, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of treating a condition by administering such pharmaceutical compositions to a subject are also provided.