| First Author | Mizui M | Year | 2008 |
| Journal | Int Immunol | Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 5 | Pages | 695-708 |
| PubMed ID | 18367551 | Mgi Jnum | J:134453 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3788935 | Doi | 10.1093/intimm/dxn029 |
| Citation | Mizui M, et al. (2008) Bimodal regulation of T cell-mediated immune responses by TIM-4. Int Immunol 20(5):695-708 |
| abstractText | T cell Ig and mucin domain (TIM)-4 is preferentially expressed on antigen-presenting cells, and its counter-ligand, TIM-1, is thought to deliver co-stimulating signals to T cells. However, the physiological functions of TIM-4 remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that TIM-4 inhibits naive T cell activation through a ligand other than TIM-1. The inhibitory effect of TIM-4 was specific to naive T cells which do not express TIM-1, and the effect disappeared in pre-activated T cells. Conversely, antibody-mediated blockade of TIM-4 in vivo substantially suppressed T cell-mediated inflammatory responses despite enhanced generation of antigen-specific T cells. Furthermore, treatment with anti-TIM-4 reduced the inflammatory responses developed in mice that were adoptively transferred with antigen-primed T cells. These results suggest that TIM-4 exerts bimodal functions depending on the activation status of T cells. |
