Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Polarization of M2 macrophages requires Lamtor1 that integrates cytokine and amino-acid signals

  • Tetsuya Kimura,
  • Shigeyuki Nada,
  • Noriko Takegahara,
  • Tatsusada Okuno,
  • Satoshi Nojima,
  • Sujin Kang,
  • Daisuke Ito,
  • Keiko Morimoto,
  • Takashi Hosokawa,
  • Yoshitomo Hayama,
  • Yuichi Mitsui,
  • Natsuki Sakurai,
  • Hana Sarashina-Kida,
  • Masayuki Nishide,
  • Yohei Maeda,
  • Hyota Takamatsu,
  • Daisuke Okuzaki,
  • Masaki Yamada,
  • Masato Okada,
  • Atsushi Kumanogoh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13130
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The role of nutrient-sensing pathways in regulation of innate immune response is unexplored. Here the authors show that IL-4 activates the amino-acid sensing pathway in macrophages and leads to polarization of anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages via the transcription factor liver X receptor.