Jersmann, H.2006-12-032006-12-032005Immunology and Cell Biology, 2005; 83(5):462-4670818-96411440-1711http://hdl.handle.net/2440/17475© 2007 Australasian Society for ImmunologyCD14 is a pattern recognition receptor; its important role in innate immunity is reviewed here. Since its discovery and subsequent classification at the first leucocyte typing workshop in 1982, CD14 has been thought of as a leucocyte differentiation antigen. However, it has become clear that CD14 is also expressed by many non-myeloid cells, and the evidence for this is presented. The possible role of the presence of low copy number CD14 on non-myeloid cells is discussed. It is time to acknowledge CD14 as an ubiquitous molecule and abandon the position that it is expressed by myeloid cells alone.enCD14endothelial cellepithelial cellinnate immunityLPSJournal article002005094210.1111/j.1440-1711.2005.01370.x0002316102000022-s2.0-2914445886254702Jersmann, H. [0000-0003-1763-2736]