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SUBMITTER: Bergin DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2993580 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bergin David A DA Reeves Emer P EP Meleady Paula P Henry Michael M McElvaney Oliver J OJ Carroll Tomás P TP Condron Claire C Chotirmall Sanjay H SH Clynes Martin M O'Neill Shane J SJ McElvaney Noel G NG
The Journal of clinical investigation 20101108 12
Hereditary deficiency of the protein α-1 antitrypsin (AAT) causes a chronic lung disease in humans that is characterized by excessive mobilization of neutrophils into the lung. However, the reason for the increased neutrophil burden has not been fully elucidated. In this study we have demonstrated using human neutrophils that serum AAT coordinates both CXCR1- and soluble immune complex (sIC) receptor-mediated chemotaxis by divergent pathways. We demonstrated that glycosylated AAT can bind to IL- ...[more]