| Literature DB >> 22738198 |
Katja Branitzki-Heinemann1, Cheryl Y Okumura, Lena Völlger, Yuko Kawakami, Toshiaki Kawakami, Hassan Y Naim, Victor Nizet, Maren Von Köckritz-Blickwede.
Abstract
MCs (mast cells) are critical components of the host innate immune defence against bacterial pathogens, providing a variety of intra- and extra-cellular antimicrobial functions. In the present study we show, for the first time, that the transcriptional regulator HIF-1α (hypoxia-inducible factor-1α) mediates the extracellular antimicrobial activity of human and murine MCs by increasing the formation of MCETs (MC extracellular traps).Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22738198 PMCID: PMC3606900 DOI: 10.1042/BJ20120658
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857