Tim 4 mice rbrc04895

Tim-4^−/− mice (RBRC04895) were obtained from Riken BioResource Center (Japan) and C57BL/6 mice were purchased from Taconic bioscience. Mice, 8–10-weeks old, were used regardless of sex in the study. For mouse studies, no statistical methods were used for sample estimate, no randomization was used, and no blinding was done. All experiments using mice were approved by the animal care and ethics committees of the Gwangju institute of science and technology (GIST) in accordance with the national institutes of health guide for the care and use of laboratory animals.

Tim-4^-/- mice (RBRC04895) were obtained from Riken BioResource Center (Japan), Mertk^-/- mice (011122) were purchased from Jackson Laboratories (Bar Harbor, USA). All experiments using mice were approved by the animal care and ethics committees (LARC) of the Gwangju institute of science and technology (GIST) in accordance with the national institutes of health guide for the care and use of laboratory animals.

C57BL/6 were purchased from Taconic bioscience. Tim-4^−/− mice (RBRC04895) were obtained from Riken BioResource Center (Tsukuba, Japan). Mertk^−/− and Ccr2^RFP mice were purchased from Jackson Laboratory, USA. Mcp-1^−/− mice were a generous gift from SungHoon Back at University of Ulsan. All mice were maintained and housed in equipped animal facility with temperature at 20–25 °C and humidity at 30–70%, under the same dark/light cycle (12:12). All experiments using mice were approved by the animal care and ethics committees of GIST in accordance with the national institutes of health guide for the care and use of laboratory animals.