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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
OR11-005 - Mast cells respond to pathogen signals with IL-1ß
Authors:
L Kraas, O Schmetzer, K Krause, E Latz, M Maurer
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Mast cells, key effector cells of allergic and innate immune responses, have recently been reported to be an important source of IL-1ß in patients with autoinflammatory conditions such as cryopyrin-associated-periodic-fever syndromes (CAPS). CAPS patients show IL-1beta-driven systemic inflammation together with non-histamine dependent urticarial rash, which are caused by activating mutations of the inflammasome, a multiprotein oligomer responsible for the initiation of inflammatory responses to pathogens. …