The Innate Immune Sensor NLRC3 Acts as a Rheostat that Fine-Tunes T Cell Responses in Infection and Autoimmunity

  • Toru Uchimura
  • , Yoshitaka Oyama
  • , Meng Deng
  • , Haitao Guo
  • , Justin E. Wilson
  • , Elena Rampanelli
  • , Kevin D. Cook
  • , Ichiro Misumi
  • , Xianming Tan
  • , Liang Chen
  • , Brandon Johnson
  • , Jason Tam
  • , Wei Chun Chou
  • , W. June Brickey
  • , Alex Petrucelli
  • , Jason K. Whitmire
  • , Jenny P.Y. Ting

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Abstract

NLRC3 limits inflammatory signaling in myeloid cells, but its role in T cells has been unclear. Uchimura et al. reveal that T cell expression of Nlrc3 restricts autoimmune and virus-specific CD4 + T cell responses by attenuating T cell signaling and metabolic pathways in CD4 + T cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1049-1061.e6
JournalImmunity
Volume49
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 18 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CD4 T cell response
  • EAE
  • LCMV infection
  • NLRC3
  • NOD-like receptors
  • T cell receptor signaling
  • autoimmunity
  • inflammatory pathways

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases

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