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Bcr and Abr cooperate in negatively regulating acute inflammatory responses.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Nov 2009
Cunnick Jess M, Schmidhuber Sabine, Chen Gang, Yu Min, Yi Sun-Ju, Cho Young Jin, Kaartinen Vesa, Minoo Parviz, Warburton David, Groffen John, Heisterkamp Nora
Abstract excerpt
Bcr and Abr are GTPase-activating proteins for the small GTPase Rac. Both proteins are expressed in cells of the innate immune system, including neutrophils and macrophages. The function of Bcr has been linked to the negative regulation of neutrophil reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, but the function of Abr in the innate immune system was unknown. Here, we report that mice lacking both proteins are...
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