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SUBMITTER: Silliman CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2838563 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Silliman Christopher C CC Kelher Marguerite R MR Gamboni-Robertson Fabia F Hamiel Christine C England Kelly M KM Dinarello Charles A CA Wyman Travis H TH Khan Samina Y SY McLaughlin Nathan J D NJ Bercovitz Rachel S RS Banerjee Anirban A
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 20091111 3
Neutrophils (PMNs) are a vital part of host defense and are the principal leukocyte in innate immunity. Interleukin (IL)-18 is a proinflammatory cytokine with roles in both innate and adaptive immunity. We hypothesize that PMNs contain preformed IL-18, which is released in response to specific inflammatory stimuli. Isolated PMNs were stimulated with a battery of chemoattractants (5 min to 24 h), and IL-18 release was measured. PMNs were also separated into subcellular fractions and immunoblotted ...[more]