| 2008 |
Mincle selectively associates with the Fc receptor common gamma-chain (FcRγ) to form an ITAM-coupled signaling complex, enabling macrophage activation to produce inflammatory cytokines and chemokines upon sensing dead cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, reporter cell assays, Mincle-deficient macrophages |
Nature immunology |
High |
18776906
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| 2008 |
SAP130, a component of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein released from dead cells, is identified as an endogenous Mincle ligand that triggers inflammatory responses. |
Biochemical fractionation of dead cell supernatants, reporter cell activation assays, in vivo neutrophil infiltration assay with Mincle-blocking antibody |
Nature immunology |
High |
18776906
|
| 2008 |
Human and mouse Mincle carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs) bind to Candida albicans yeast cells and yeast extract in vitro. |
Recombinant CRD expression, refolding, binding assays with whole yeast cells and yeast extract |
Glycobiology |
Medium |
18509109
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| 2009 |
Mincle is an essential receptor for the mycobacterial glycolipid trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate (TDM/cord factor); Mincle-deficient macrophages completely fail to produce inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide in response to TDM, and Mincle-deficient mice do not form TDM-induced lung granulomas. |
Lipid fractionation of heat-killed mycobacteria, Mincle-deficient macrophage assays, in vivo TDM administration in Mincle-knockout mice |
The Journal of experimental medicine |
High |
20008526
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| 2009 |
Mincle specifically recognizes Malassezia species among 50 fungal species tested; recognition requires the putative mannose-binding motif in the C-type lectin domain; Mincle selectively binds alpha-mannose but not mannan; Mincle-deficient macrophages show significantly impaired cytokine/chemokine production in response to Malassezia. |
NFAT-GFP reporter cell screening of 50 fungal species, site-directed mutagenesis of mannose-binding motif, glycoconjugate microarray, Mincle-deficient mouse macrophages |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
19171887
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| 2010 |
Mincle, together with FcRγ adaptor, is the receptor for TDM and TDB that drives Syk-Card9 signaling in APCs; genetic ablation of Mincle abolishes TDM/TDB-induced macrophage activation and Th17 adjuvanticity in vivo. |
Recombinant Mincle-Fc fusion protein binding assays, Mincle-knockout macrophages, in vivo vaccination with tuberculosis subunit vaccine |
Journal of immunology |
High |
20164423
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| 2013 |
Crystal structure of Mincle reveals a Ca2+-dependent sugar-binding site and a unique adjacent shallow hydrophobic groove that accommodates fatty acid moieties of glycolipids; mutagenesis of the hydrophobic region abolishes glycolipid recognition. |
X-ray crystallography of Mincle CRD and Mincle-citric acid complex, functional mutagenesis with glycolipid ligands |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
24101491
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| 2013 |
Crystallographic and mutagenesis analysis of bovine mincle CRD defines an extended binding site: one glucose of trehalose is Ca2+-liganded (as in other C-type lectins), a secondary binding site contacts the second glucose (36-fold higher affinity for trehalose vs. glucose), and an adjacent hydrophobic groove docks one acyl chain of TDM. |
X-ray crystallography, site-directed mutagenesis, binding studies with glycolipid mimics, affinity measurements |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
23960080
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| 2013 |
Mincle signals via the Syk-CARD9-Bcl10-MALT1 pathway by recruiting the ITAM-bearing FcεRI-γ; Mincle and MCL form heteromers on the cell surface, and association with MCL and FcεRI-γ increases Mincle expression and enhances phagocytosis. |
Flow cytometry, co-immunoprecipitation, cell surface biochemical analysis in rat primary cells and cell lines |
European journal of immunology |
Medium |
23921530
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| 2013 |
TDB adjuvant triggers Mincle-dependent IL-1 production that then activates MyD88/IL-1R signaling to drive Th1/Th17 adaptive responses in vivo; the adjuvant effect requires both the Mincle-FcRγ-Syk-Card9 axis and MyD88-dependent IL-1R signaling. |
Mincle-knockout mice, MyD88-deficient mice, IL-1R-deficient mice, ASC-deficient mice, in vivo vaccination |
PloS one |
High |
23308247
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| 2014 |
Fonsecaea monophora engages Mincle to activate a Syk-CARD9-PKB signaling cascade that recruits the E3 ubiquitin ligase Mdm2, leading to proteasomal degradation of nuclear IRF1 and thereby blocking IL12A transcription and TH1 responses. |
Mincle-blocking experiments in human DCs, Syk inhibition, PKB pathway dissection, IRF1 nuclear localization assays, gene expression analysis |
Cell host & microbe |
High |
24721577
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| 2014 |
Dectin-3 (MCL/Clec4d)-induced Mincle expression requires CARD9-BCL10-MALT1-dependent NF-κB activation; NF-κB (but not NFAT) binds the Mincle promoter to drive transcription in response to TDM stimulation. |
Dectin-3-deficient bone marrow macrophages, NF-κB and NFAT inhibitors, chromatin immunoprecipitation (NF-κB binding to Mincle promoter), CARD9-deficient mice |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
25202022
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| 2014 |
Human mincle CRD ligand-binding mechanism closely resembles bovine mincle: one glucose of trehalose is Ca2+-liganded, the second glucose contacts a secondary site, and acyl chains enhance affinity; mutagenesis and synthetic analogs confirm the available human mincle crystal structure is not in a fully active conformation. |
Site-directed mutagenesis of human mincle, binding studies with synthetic TDM analogs, structural comparison with bovine mincle crystal structure |
Glycobiology |
Medium |
25028392
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| 2014 |
C/EBPβ is required for Mincle expression and TDB/TDM-induced inflammatory gene transcription in macrophages; HIF1α is downstream of C/EBPβ and controls Nos2 (nitric oxide) expression but is not required for Mincle expression or kinase activation; LPS-priming induces Mincle via MYD88-dependent C/EBPβ upregulation. |
Microarray, Cebpb-deficient macrophages, retroviral rescue of Mincle in Cebpb-KO cells, Hif1a-deficient macrophages, kinase activation assays |
Journal of immunology |
High |
25156364
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| 2015 |
MCL (Clec4d) promotes Mincle surface expression through direct protein-protein interaction via the stalk region; the hydrophobic repeat in MCL's stalk region is necessary and sufficient, and substituting four hydrophobic residues with serine (MCL4S) abolishes the ability to enhance Mincle surface expression and restore TDM responses. |
MCL-deficient and MCL-transgenic BMDCs, co-immunoprecipitation, stalk-region mutant MCL4S, retroviral rescue, flow cytometry for surface Mincle |
Journal of immunology |
High |
25888641
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| 2015 |
Human Mincle (but not murine Mincle) binds cholesterol crystals and triggers innate immune inflammatory responses; murine macrophages transfected with human Mincle respond to cholesterol crystals with pro-inflammatory cytokine production, blocked by anti-human Mincle antibody. |
Lipid fractionation of liver extracts, MS structural identification, reporter cell assays with hMincle, anti-Mincle antibody blockade, transfection of hMincle into murine macrophages |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
26296894
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| 2015 |
Microbial stimulation drives Mincle surface expression through the MyD88 signaling pathway; MCL is constitutively expressed but retained intracellularly until Mincle is induced, whereupon the two receptors form heterodimers that translocate to the cell surface ('two-step' model). |
MyD88-deficient macrophages, MCL-deficient cells, surface expression analysis by flow cytometry and subcellular fractionation |
Microbes and infection |
Medium |
27005451
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| 2016 |
Leishmania triggers a Mincle-dependent inhibitory ITAMi (inhibitory ITAM) signaling configuration characterized by SHP1 coupling to the FcRγ chain in DCs, impairing DC activation, migration, and priming of adaptive immunity; selective loss of SHP1 in CD11c+ cells phenocopies enhanced immunity. |
Mincle-deficient mice, SHP1 conditional KO in CD11c+ cells, co-immunoprecipitation of SHP1 with FcRγ, in vivo Leishmania major infection model |
Immunity |
High |
27742545
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| 2016 |
Clec4e (Mincle) signaling in macrophages inhibits cholesterol efflux and induces Syk-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress (requiring Chop and Ire1a), leading to proinflammatory mediator and growth factor production; Clec4e-/- bone marrow transplant into Ldlr-/- mice reduces lipid accumulation, ER stress, inflammation, and atherosclerosis. |
Clec4e-deficient macrophages, bone marrow transplantation into Ldlr-/- mice, Chop- and Ire1a-deficient macrophages, cholesterol efflux assays, Syk inhibition |
Circulation |
High |
27587433
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| 2016 |
Mincle signaling on M1 macrophages is regulated by TLR4/NF-κB: NF-κB/p65 binds the Mincle promoter in LPS-primed macrophages, blocking TLR4 or NF-κB suppresses LPS-induced Mincle expression; Mincle maintains M1 inflammatory phenotype (IL-1β, MCP-1, iNOS) through Syk signaling. |
ChIP (NF-κB/p65 binding to Mincle promoter), TLR4 and NF-κB inhibitors, Mincle knockdown, Syk inhibition, adoptive transfer of Mincle+ M1 macrophages |
Kidney international |
High |
28017324
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| 2016 |
RIP1/RIP3 necrosome signaling drives cytoplasmic SAP130 expression in pancreatic cancer cells; Mincle on tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells ligated by SAP130 promotes immune-suppressive macrophage function and oncogenesis; Mincle deletion reprograms the tumor microenvironment to enable T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity. |
RIP3-knockout and RIP1-inhibited mouse PDA models, Mincle-knockout mice, SAP130 blockade, bone marrow/cellular depletion experiments |
Nature |
High |
27049944
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| 2016 |
Mincle activation by SAP130 (from necroptotic cells) drives microglial innate immune responses after subarachnoid hemorrhage; albumin directly binds Mincle and inhibits Mincle/Syk/IL-1β signaling, reducing neuroinflammation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (albumin-Mincle interaction), Mincle knockdown in BV-2 microglia, SAP130 stimulation assays, in vivo SAH rat model |
Brain, behavior, and immunity |
Medium |
27845194
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| 2016 |
IRAKM Myddosome formed in response to low-dose LPS upregulates Mincle expression in macrophages; Mincle-deficient mice are protected from ethanol-induced liver injury; SAP130 released by ethanol-damaged hepatocytes synergizes with LPS to activate Mincle-dependent inflammasome in macrophages. |
IRAKM-deficient and Mincle-deficient mice, ethanol liver injury model, ex vivo bone marrow macrophage stimulation, hepatocyte-macrophage co-culture |
Hepatology |
High |
27628766
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| 2016 |
Mincle-mediated signaling promotes granuloma resolution by enhancing translation (not only transcription) of nitric oxide synthesis genes through p38 and eIF5A hypusination pathway, representing a dual transcriptional and translational control mechanism. |
Mincle-deficient macrophages, TLR/Mincle stimulation assays, p38 inhibition, eIF5A hypusination analysis, NO production assays |
Nature communications |
Medium |
27089465
|
| 2016 |
Mincle/Syk/Card9 signaling axis is essential for experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU); Mincle deletion or Card9 deletion prevents Th17 polarization and disease, and Mincle activation alone is sufficient to generate the EAU phenotype. |
Mincle-/-, Card9-/-, Dectin-1-/-, Dectin-2-/- mice in EAU model, direct Mincle agonist injection, Syk inhibition |
Journal of immunology |
High |
26921309
|
| 2017 |
β-Glucosylceramide (GlcCer), a ubiquitous intracellular metabolite, is an endogenous Mincle ligand released upon cell damage; identified by fractionation, MS, and NMR; GBA1 (β-glucosylceramidase)-deficient cells accumulate GlcCer and trigger enhanced Mincle-dependent antigen-specific T-cell responses. |
Biochemical fractionation of dead cell supernatants, MS and NMR structural identification, synthetic GlcCer activation assays, Mincle-deficient macrophages, GBA1×Mincle double-KO mice, DC antigen presentation assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
28373578
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| 2017 |
Mincle recognition of cholesterol sulfate from barrier epithelium drives sterile inflammation; subcutaneous injection of cholesterol sulfate causes Mincle-dependent local inflammatory response; Mincle-deficient mice show significantly suppressed allergic contact dermatitis. |
Reporter cell assays with Mincle, Mincle-/- mice in allergic contact dermatitis model, cholesterol sulfate ligand specificity assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
28292894
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| 2017 |
CD11b negatively regulates Mincle signaling by forming a Mincle-CD11b complex upon Mincle activation; CD11b recruits Lyn, SIRPα, and SHP1 which dephosphorylate Syk to dampen Mincle-mediated inflammation. |
CD11b-deficient macrophages (hyperinflammation phenotype), co-immunoprecipitation of Mincle-CD11b complex, Lyn activator (MLR1023) functional experiments, phospho-Syk assays |
Experimental & molecular medicine |
Medium |
29400702
|
| 2017 |
TDM-coated beads recruit Mincle during FcγR-mediated phagocytosis and interfere with phagosome maturation through Mincle-dependent recruitment of SHP-1 and inhibitory FcγRIIB signaling. |
IgG-opsonized TDM bead phagocytosis assays, SHP-1 and FcγRIIB functional analyses, phagosome maturation assays |
PloS one |
Medium |
28384255
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| 2017 |
Mincle recognizes the glycolipid Glc-DAG (glucosyl-diacylglycerol) of Streptococcus pneumoniae; Mincle-deficient mice show increased bacterial loads, decreased survival, and dysregulated cytokine responses in pneumococcal pneumonia. |
Mincle reporter cell activation with purified Glc-DAG, Mincle-/- macrophage cytokine assays, Mincle-KO mouse pneumonia model, hematopoietic reconstitution experiments |
PLoS pathogens |
High |
27923071
|
| 2017 |
Mincle mediates NET (neutrophil extracellular trap) formation through autophagy activation; Mincle-/- neutrophils show impaired autophagy and NET formation in vitro and in vivo during Klebsiella pneumoniae infection, while ROS production remains intact; autophagy induction rescues NET formation in Mincle-/- neutrophils. |
Mincle-/- neutrophils stimulated in vitro and in vivo Klebsiella infection, NET formation assays, ROS assays, autophagy activation analysis, tamoxifen (autophagy inducer) rescue experiment |
The Journal of infectious diseases |
Medium |
28186242
|
| 2017 |
Mincle fine structure of fatty acids is critical for glycolipid binding to its CRD; glucose and mannose esterified at O-6 by a synthetic α-branched 32-carbon fatty acid show agonist activity similar to TDM; Mincle-dependent cytokine production confirmed with primary human and murine cells. |
Chemical synthesis, molecular dynamics simulations, protein mutagenesis, reporter cell assays, Mincle-/- primary cell cytokine assays, in vivo immunization |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
28223515
|
| 2018 |
Mincle recognizes the lipoteichoic acid anchor monoglucosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) of Group A Streptococcus via the CARD9 pathway to drive protective antibacterial immunity; Mincle-deficient mice show impaired cytokine production, severe bacteremia, and rapid lethality upon GAS infection. |
Gene expression analysis of CARD9-pathway contribution, purified MGDG reporter cell assays, Mincle-/- mouse GAS infection model |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
30352847
|
| 2019 |
The Mincle-Syk signaling axis in dendritic cells in Peyer's patches senses mucosal-resident commensals and triggers IL-6 and IL-23p19 expression to regulate intestinal Th17 cell and ILC3 function; Mincle-deficient mice show impaired RegIIIγ and IgA production and increased systemic translocation of gut microbiota, with consequent liver inflammation. |
Mincle-/- mice, conditional Syk KO in CD11c+ cells, intestinal cytokine and IgA assays, microbiota translocation assays, liver inflammation analysis |
Immunity |
High |
30709742
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| 2019 |
CLEC4E activation in combination with TLR4 induces autophagy in macrophages through MYD88 and PtdIns3K pathways, leading to lysosome biogenesis and enhanced intracellular killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; autophagy-deficient (Atg5-KO, Becn1-KD) macrophages show elevated Mtb survival. |
CLEC4E+TLR4 agonist co-stimulation, autophagy-deficient macrophages, lysosome biogenesis assays, intracellular Mtb killing assays in mice and guinea pigs |
Autophagy |
Medium |
31462144
|
| 2020 |
β-Glucosylceramide in combination with free cholesterol acts as an endogenous Mincle ligand to trigger sustained inflammation after acute kidney injury; free cholesterol markedly enhances the agonistic effect of β-GlcCer on Mincle; Mincle-deficient mice are protected from kidney damage after ischemia-reperfusion injury. |
Lipophilic extract fractionation from injured kidney, Mincle reporter assays, Mincle-/- mouse ischemia-reperfusion model, histological analysis of β-GlcCer and free cholesterol accumulation near Mincle-expressing macrophages |
The Journal of experimental medicine |
High |
32797195
|
| 2020 |
Mincle/Syk/NF-κB signaling is essential for maintaining protumoral M2-like tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) function; Mincle silencing in TAM promotes M1-like phenotype in vitro; ultrasound microbubble-mediated tumor-specific Mincle silencing suppresses TAM-driven cancer progression in syngeneic mouse cancer models. |
Single-cell RNA sequencing, Mincle siRNA in BMDMs, adoptive transfer of Mincle-silenced BMDMs into NOD/SCID mice, ultrasound microbubble gene delivery in syngeneic LLC and B16F10 models, Syk phosphorylation assays |
Cancer immunology research |
High |
32532809
|
| 2020 |
Mincle/Syk signaling in macrophages promotes intestinal mucosal inflammation (Crohn's disease model) by inducing macrophage pyroptosis and MAPK-driven chemokine production to recruit neutrophils; Mincle-/- mice and Syk-inhibitor-treated mice show reduced colitis. |
Mincle-/- mice in colitis model, Syk inhibitor, Mincle agonist (TDB) in vivo, BMDMs from Mincle-/- mice, pyroptosis and cytokine assays |
Journal of Crohn's & colitis |
Medium |
32333776
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| 2021 |
SAP130 released from damaged renal tubular cells activates macrophage Mincle to drive necroinflammation; Mincle expression is negatively regulated post-transcriptionally by miR-219c-3p binding to Mincle 3'-UTR; lentivirus-mediated overexpression of miR-219c-3p blunts Mincle expression and macrophage infiltration in AKI. |
Luciferase 3'-UTR reporter assay (miR-219c binding to Mincle), lentiviral miR-219c overexpression in vivo, recombinant SAP130 administration in Mincle-/- mice, UUO and cisplatin AKI models |
Cell death & disease |
High |
34556635
|
| 2021 |
Clec4e (Mincle) is expressed in cardiac vasculature, myocytes, and infiltrating leukocytes after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury; loss of Clec4e reduces acute cardiac injury, neutrophil infiltration, infarct size, and improves LV structural and functional remodeling at 4 weeks. |
Clec4e-/- mice in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion model, porcine and human myocardial samples for expression analysis, early transcriptome analysis of LV tissue |
JACC. Basic to translational science |
Medium |
34466750
|
| 2022 |
Mincle has a T cell-intrinsic role in TH17-mediated CNS inflammation: TH17 cells express Mincle, and β-glucosylceramide released by dying cells engages Mincle on TH17 cells to activate the ASC-NLRP3 inflammasome, triggering Caspase8-dependent IL-1β production that drives TH17 proliferation through an autocrine loop. |
T cell-specific Mincle deletion in EAE model, Mincle expression profiling in TH17 vs TH1, β-GlcCer stimulation assays, NLRP3/ASC/Caspase8 pathway analysis, β-GlcCer synthesis inhibitor in vivo |
Nature communications |
High |
35504893
|
| 2023 |
Peroxiredoxin 1 (Prdx1) is a novel DAMP that directly interacts with Mincle on macrophages to activate Mincle/Syk/NF-κB signaling and drive M1 polarization; Prdx1 knockout or neutralization protects against AKI, and this protection is reversed by recombinant Prdx1; Mincle knockdown abolishes rPrdx1-induced Syk activation. |
Prdx1-/- mice, Prdx1-neutralizing antibody, recombinant Prdx1 protein, co-immunoprecipitation (Prdx1-Mincle interaction), Mincle knockdown, primary peritoneal macrophage assays |
Kidney international |
High |
37164261
|
| 2023 |
Macrophages mediate psoriasis via the Mincle-Syk-NF-κB signaling pathway; LPS induces Mincle expression in M1 macrophages via a PU.1-dependent transcriptional mechanism; adoptive transfer of Mincle-KO macrophages fails to restore psoriasis, and Mincle-neutralizing antibody significantly improves psoriasis in mice. |
Macrophage depletion + adoptive transfer, macrophage-specific Mincle KO mice (Mincleloxp/Lyz2-cre), PU.1 ChIP or binding assay, Mincle-neutralizing antibody in vivo |
Cell death discovery |
High |
37117184
|
| 2025 |
Mincle (Clec4e) is essential for Enterococcus faecalis-induced trained immunity in bone marrow progenitors following intestinal barrier disruption; Clec4e-/- mice show impaired trained immunity upon E. faecalis administration and reduced colitis pathology after DSS treatment. |
Clec4e-/- mice, DSS gut permeability model, heat-killed E. faecalis stimulation of bone marrow progenitors, in vitro and in vivo trained immunity readouts |
Immunity |
Medium |
39848243
|