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SUBMITTER: Chabtini L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3529820 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chabtini Lola L Mfarrej Bechara B Mounayar Marwan M Zhu Bing B Batal Ibrahim I Dakle Pranal J PJ Smith Brian D BD Boenisch Olaf O Najafian Nader N Akiba Hisaya H Yagita Hideo H Guleria Indira I
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20121123 1
TIM-3 is constitutively expressed on subsets of macrophages and dendritic cells. Its expression on other cells of the innate immune system and its role in fetomaternal tolerance has not yet been explored. In this study, we investigate the role of TIM-3-expressing innate immune cells in the regulation of tolerance at the fetomaternal interface (FMI) using an allogeneic mouse model of pregnancy. Blockade of TIM-3 results in accumulation of inflammatory granulocytes and macrophages at the uteroplac ...[more]