Article
C-reactive protein triggers calcium signalling in human neutrophilic granulocytes via FcγRIIa in an allele-specific way.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Jun 2013
Aas V, Sand K L, Asheim H-C, Benestad H B, Iversen J-G
Abstract excerpt
C-reactive protein (CRP) binds to Fcγ-receptors, FcγRIIa (CD32) with high affinity and to FcγRIa (CD64) with low affinity. The binding to CD32 has been shown to be allele specific, that is, it binds to R/R131 but not to H/H131. Little is known about the cooperation of CRP and neutrophilic granulocytes (PMNs) in inflammatory reactions. The purpose of the present study was to examine CRP signalling in human PMNs,...
Topics
- Alleles
- C-Reactive Protein
- Calcium Signaling
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Neutrophil Activation
- Neutrophils
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, IgG
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
