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SUBMITTER: Hidalgo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2772164 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hidalgo Andrés A Chang Jungshan J Jang Jung-Eun JE Peired Anna J AJ Chiang Elaine Y EY Frenette Paul S PS
Nature medicine 20090322 4
Selectins and their ligands mediate leukocyte rolling, allowing interactions with chemokines that lead to integrin activation and arrest. Here we show that E-selectin is crucial for generating a secondary wave of activating signals, transduced specifically by E-selectin ligand-1, that induces polarized, activated alpha(M)beta(2) integrin clusters at the leading edge of crawling neutrophils, allowing capture of circulating erythrocytes or platelets. In a humanized mouse model of sickle cell disea ...[more]