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Fc gamma RIIIb allele-sensitive release of alpha-defensins: anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-induced release of chemotaxins.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Dec 2003
Tanaka Sumiaki, Edberg Jeffrey C, Chatham Winn, Fassina Giorgio, Kimberly Robert P
Abstract excerpt
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic Abs (ANCA) can activate neutrophils in an FcgammaR-dependent manner, but the link between this ANCA-induced effect and mononuclear cell activation with the characteristic granuloma formation of Wegener's granulomatosis is unclear. Human alpha-defensins, small cationic antimicrobial peptides, are found in neutrophils and have chemotactic activity for T cells, dendritic cells, and...
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