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01-12-2014 | Meeting abstract
Trafficking of TNF via recycling endosomes in neutrophils
Authors:
Nutan Srivastava, Paige Lacy
Published in:
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
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Special Issue 2/2014
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Excerpt
Neutrophils are highly abundant innate immune cells that contribute to asphyxic episodes of acute asthma exacerbations, and secrete the proinflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF). Recycling endosomes (REs) are specialized secretory compartments that perform multiple functions including trafficking of cytokines to cell surfaces, although these are not characterized in neutrophils. Our objective is to identify trafficking components in neutrophils that may contribute to cytokine secretion. …