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SCIENCE
卷 341, 期 6147, 页码 792-796出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1240342
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- NIH [HL75243, AI057696, AI070973, CA125123, T32GM088129, R25GM56929]
- C.N. and Mary V. Papadopoulos Charitable Fund from the Biology of Inflammation Center
Proteinases and the innate immune receptor Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) are essential for expression of allergic inflammation and diseases such as asthma. A mechanism that links these inflammatory mediators is essential for explaining the fundamental basis of allergic disease but has been elusive. Here, we demonstrate that TLR4 is activated by airway proteinase activity to initiate both allergic airway disease and antifungal immunity. These outcomes were induced by proteinase cleavage of the clotting protein fibrinogen, yielding fibrinogen cleavage products that acted as TLR4 ligands on airway epithelial cells and macrophages. Thus, allergic airway inflammation represents an antifungal defensive strategy that is driven by fibrinogen cleavage and TLR4 activation. These findings clarify the molecular basis of allergic disease and suggest new therapeutic strategies.
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