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SUBMITTER: Ito A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5181791 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ito Ayaka A Hong Cynthia C Oka Kazuhiro K Salazar Jon V JV Diehl Cody C Witztum Joseph L JL Diaz Mercedes M Castrillo Antonio A Bensinger Steven J SJ Chan Lawrence L Tontonoz Peter P
Immunity 20161201 6
Liver X receptors (LXRs) are regulators of cholesterol metabolism that also modulate immune responses. Inactivation of LXR α and β in mice leads to autoimmunity; however, how the regulation of cholesterol metabolism contributes to autoimmunity is unclear. Here we found that cholesterol loading of CD11c<sup>+</sup> cells triggered the development of autoimmunity, whereas preventing excess lipid accumulation by promoting cholesterol efflux was therapeutic. LXRβ-deficient mice crossed to the hyperl ...[more]