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SUBMITTER: Willetts L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6123774 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Willetts Lian L Felix Lindsey C LC Jacobsen Elizabeth A EA Puttagunta Lakshmi L Condjella Rachel M RM Zellner Katie R KR Ochkur Sergei I SI Kim John D JD Luo Huijun H Lee Nancy A NA Lee James J JJ Moqbel Redwan R Lacy Paige P
Communications biology 20180629
Eosinophil degranulation is a determining factor in allergy-mediated airway pathology. Receptor-mediated degranulation in eosinophils requires vesicle-associated membrane protein 7 (VAMP-7), a principal component of the SNARE fusion machinery. The specific contribution of eosinophil degranulation to allergen-induced airway responses remains poorly understood. We generated mice with <i>VAMP-7</i> gene deficiency exclusively in eosinophils (<i>eoCRE/V7</i>) from a cross using eosinophil-specific < ...[more]