“…However, TREM2-expressing macrophages can also promote inflammatory disease in the brain (Jay et al, 2015) and lung (Wu et al, 2015). The identity of a physiologic TREM2 ligand (TREM2-L) remains uncertain, although several classes of molecules have been proposed, including bacterial carbohydrates (Daws et al, 2003; Quan et al, 2008), sulfoglycolipids (Phongsisay et al, 2015), nucleic acids (Kawabori et al, 2015), phospholipids (Cannon et al, 2012; Wang et al, 2015) and proteins (Stefano et al, 2009; Takegahara et al, 2006; Yoon et al, 2012; Atagi et al, 2015; Bailey et al, 2015). Additionally, previous studies have identified cells that express a TREM2-L, including astrocytes (Daws et al, 2003), DCs (Ito and Hamerman, 2012), BMDMs (Hamerman et al, 2006), neurons and apoptotic cells (Hsieh et al, 2009).…”