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TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 8, Pages 398-409Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2013.04.002
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Apoptosis; cytokines; DAMPs; granulocytes; inflammation; PAMPs
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [310030_146181]
- Roche Research Foundation (Switzerland)
- L'Oreal - For Women In Science (Switzerland)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [STO 906/1-1]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [310030_146181] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils play essential roles during microbe-induced and sterile inflammation. The severity of such inflammatory processes is controlled, at least in part, by factors that regulate cell death and survival of granulocytes. In recent years, major progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms of granulocyte cell death and in identifying novel damage- and pathogen-associated molecular patterns as well as regulatory cytokines impacting granulocyte viability. Furthermore, an increased interest in innate immunity has boosted our overall understanding of granulocyte biology. In this review, we describe and compare factors and mechanisms regulating neutrophil, eosinophil, and basophil lifespan. Because dysregulation of death pathways in granulocytes can contribute to inflammation-associated immunopathology, targeting granulocyte lifespan could be therapeutically promising.
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