Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

TIGIT limits immune pathology during viral infections

  • Michelle Schorer,
  • Nikolas Rakebrandt,
  • Katharina Lambert,
  • Annika Hunziker,
  • Katharina Pallmer,
  • Annette Oxenius,
  • Anja Kipar,
  • Silke Stertz,
  • Nicole Joller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15025-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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TIGIT is a lymphocyte co-inhibitory receptor that can limit type 1 and cytotoxic T cell responses and maintain immunological tolerance. Here the authors show that TIGIT also limits immune pathology during LCMV or influenza infections in mice by driving IL-10 expression without negatively affecting the viral load.