Journal
INFLAMMATION
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 311-323Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-016-0458-4
Keywords
neutrophils; immune cell subsets; myeloid-derived suppressive cells; cytokines; inflammation; cell polarization
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2014ZX10002002-001-002, 2011CB710903]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81130055, C81072396, 31470860, 81530049]
- Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA04020202-19]
- CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams
- 215 high-level health technology project
- National Science and Technology Major Project Prevention and Treatment of AIDS and Virus Hepatitis [2014ZX10002002-001-002]
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Polymorphonuclear neutrophils are among the first defense against infection and closely involved in the initiation of inflammatory response. It is well recognized that this function of neutrophils was mainly mediated by phagocytosis, intracellular degradation, releasing of granules, and formation of neutrophil extracellular traps after sensing dangerous stress. However, accumulating data showed that neutrophils had a variety of important biological functions in both innate and adaptive immunities, far beyond cytotoxicity against pathogens. Neutrophils can differentially switch phenotypes and display distinct subpopulations under different microenvironments. Neutrophils can produce a large variety of cytokines and chemokines upon stimulation. Furthermore, neutrophils directly interact with dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages, natural killer cells, T cells, and B cells so as to either potentiate or down-modulate both innate and adaptive immunity. In the present review, we summarize the recent progress on the functional plasticity and the regulatory ability on immunity of neutrophils in physiological and pathological situations.
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