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SUBMITTER: Piccinini AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3607221 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Piccinini Anna M AM Midwood Kim S KS
Cell reports 20121019 4
Endogenous molecules generated upon pathogen invasion or tissue damage serve as danger signals that activate host defense; however, their precise immunological role remains unclear. Tenascin-C is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein that is specifically induced upon injury and infection. Here, we show that its expression is required to generate an effective immune response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) during experimental sepsis in vivo. Tenascin-C enables macrophage translation of proin ...[more]