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Author
Tani, Kenji Third Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Tokushima School of Medicine KAKEN Search Researchers
Ogushi, Fumitaka Third Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Tokushima School of Medicine
Shimizu, Teruki Third Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Tokushima School of Medicine
Sone, Saburo Third Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Tokushima School of Medicine Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Keywords
chemotaxis
leukocyte
thrombin
cathepsin G
chymase
endothelin
aminopeptidase N
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
The migration of leukocytes such as neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes into inflamed lesions is one of the critical events of inflammation. Although the traditional function of neutrophil-derived antimicrobial proteases is to ingest and kill bacteria, some neutrophil serine proteases have been shown to induce leukocyte migration and activation. Mast cell-derived chymase also has the chemotactic activity for leukocytes. During the acute phase of inflammatory and allergic diseases, the predominantly migrated cells are neutrophils and mast cells, respectively, and in the subsequent chronic phase, monocytes and lymphocytes are mainly migrated. The chemotactic activity for monocytes and lymphocytes of neutrophil-derived serine proteases and mast cell-derived chymase may have a role in switching acute inflammation to chronic inflammation and delayed-type hypersensitivity. Recently, aminopeptidase N and endothelin were shown to induce chemotactic migration of leukocyes. Thus, protease-induced leukocyte chemotaxis and activation may play an important role in immunologic events of inflammatory and allergic diseases.
Journal Title
The journal of medical investigation : JMI
ISSN
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Volume
48
Issue
3-4
Start Page
133
End Page
141
Sort Key
133
Published Date
2001
Remark
EDB ID
FullText File
language
eng
departments
University Hospital
Medical Sciences