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Myeloid conditional deletion and transgenic models reveal a threshold for the neutrophil survival factor Serpinb1.
Biological chemistry - 1 Sept 2016
Burgener Sabrina S, Baumann Mathias, Basilico Paola, Remold-O'Donnell Eileen, Touw Ivo P, Benarafa Charaf
Abstract excerpt
Serpinb1 is an inhibitor of neutrophil granule serine proteases cathepsin G, proteinase-3 and elastase. One of its core physiological functions is to protect neutrophils from granule protease-mediated cell death. Mice lacking Serpinb1a (Sb1a-/-), its mouse ortholog, have reduced bone marrow neutrophil numbers due to cell death mediated by cathepsin G and the mice show increased susceptibility to lung infections....
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