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Since CD4+ T cells are the primary orchestrators of lesions, targeting activated CD4+ T cell subsets and increasing the representation of cells that express regulatory function would be a logical therapeutic approach. We show that this outcome can be achieved by therapy, systemic or local, with the lectin family member galectin-9. This molecule, which is a natural product of many cell types, acts as a ligand to the inhibitory molecule TIM-3 (T cell Ig and mucin-3) that is expressed by activated but not naive T cells. We show that 50% or more of T cells in ocular lesions caused by HSV in mice express TIM-3 and that blocking signals from its natural ligand with a mAb results in more severe lesions. More importantly, the provision of additional galectin-9, either systemically or more effectively by local subconjuctival administration, diminished the severity of stromal keratitis lesions as well as the extent of corneal neovascularization. Multiple mechanisms were involved in inhibitory effects. These included apoptosis of the orchestrating effector T cells with consequent reduction of proinflammatory cytokines and an increase in the representation of two separate subtypes of regulatory cells as well as inhibitory effects on the production of molecules involved in neovascularization, an essential component of stromal keratitis pathogenesis. Our results indicate that galectin-9 therapy may represent a useful approach to control HSV-induced lesions, the most common cause of infectious blindness in the Western world.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4049\/jimmunol.0803673","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,20]],"date-time":"2009-02-20T17:41:32Z","timestamp":1235151692000},"page":"3191-3201","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":107,"title":["Role of Tim-3\/Galectin-9 Inhibitory Interaction in Viral-Induced Immunopathology: Shifting the Balance toward Regulators"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"182","author":[{"given":"Sharvan","family":"Sehrawat","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative and Experimental Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee , Knoxville, TN 37996"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amol","family":"Suryawanshi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative and Experimental Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee , Knoxville, TN 37996"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mitsuomi","family":"Hirashima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Immunology and Immunopathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University , Kagawa,","place":["Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barry T","family":"Rouse","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative and Experimental Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee , Knoxville, TN 37996"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,3,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026012806363403800_R1","first-page":"71","article-title":"Viruses and autoimmunity.","volume-title":"Autoimmunity","year":"2006"},{"key":"2026012806363403800_R2","first-page":"1344","article-title":"Molecular mimicry by herpes simplex virus-type 1: autoimmune disease after viral infection.","volume-title":"Science","year":"1998"},{"key":"2026012806363403800_R3","first-page":"651","article-title":"Characterization of a glucocorticoid receptor and the direct effect of dexamethasone on herpes simplex virus infection of rabbit corneal cells in culture.","volume-title":"Invest. 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