Table 2.
Studies of Dectin-1 function in animal models of CNS pathology
| CNS disease model |
Reported Effect |
Approach | Species | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke | Detrimental | Laminarin (i.p.); Piceatannol (Syk inhibitor) | Mouse B6 | [95] [96] |
| Spinal cord injury | Detrimental | Zymosan, d-zymosan; Clec7a−/− mice | Mouse B6 | [36] |
| Optic nerve injury | Beneficial | Zymosan, curdlan (i.o.); Clec7a−/−; Card9−/− mice | Mouse B6 | [45,46] |
| EAE | Beneficial [TLR2 focus] | Zymosan (i.p.) | Mouse SJL, B6 | [47] |
| Detrimental [TLR2 focus] | Zymosan (i.c.v.) | Mouse SJL | [48] | |
| Beneficial [Dectin-1 focus] | Clec7a−/−; Card9−/− mice; d-zymosan (i.v.) | Mouse B6 | [15] | |
| CNS infection: Candida albicans | Beneficial | Clec7a−/−; Card9−/− mice | Mouse B6 | [62,63] |
| CNS infection: Neospora caninum | Detrimental | Clec7a−/− mice | Mouse B6 | [63] |