Journal article
Living and dying for inflammation: neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils.
- Geering B Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Friedbuehlstrasse 49, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
- Stoeckle C
- Conus S
- Simon HU
- 2013-05-14
Published in:
- Trends in immunology. - 2013
Apoptosis
DAMPs
PAMPs
cytokines
granulocytes
inflammation
Animals
Basophils
Cell Death
Eosinophils
Humans
Inflammation
Neutrophils
English
Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils play essential roles during microbe-induced and sterile inflammation. The severity of such inflammatory processes is controlled, at least in part, by factors that regulate cell death and survival of granulocytes. In recent years, major progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms of granulocyte cell death and in identifying novel damage- and pathogen-associated molecular patterns as well as regulatory cytokines impacting granulocyte viability. Furthermore, an increased interest in innate immunity has boosted our overall understanding of granulocyte biology. In this review, we describe and compare factors and mechanisms regulating neutrophil, eosinophil, and basophil lifespan. Because dysregulation of death pathways in granulocytes can contribute to inflammation-associated immunopathology, targeting granulocyte lifespan could be therapeutically promising.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1016/j.it.2013.04.002
- PMID 23665135
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/172583
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