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Monitoring of Blood Vessels and Tissues by a Population of Monocytes with Patrolling Behavior

Délégation Paris 5 · Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades · +6 more institutions

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Abstract

The cellular immune response to tissue damage and infection requires the recruitment of blood leukocytes. This process is mediated through a classical multistep mechanism, which involves transient rolling on the endothelium and recognition of inflammation followed by extravasation. We have shown, by direct examination of blood monocyte functions in vivo, that a subset of monocytes patrols healthy tissues through long-range crawling on the resting endothelium. This patrolling behavior depended on the integrin LFA-1 and the chemokine receptor CX(3)CR1 and was required for rapid tissue invasion at the site of an infection by this "resident" monocyte population, which initiated an early immune response and…

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Keywords
  • Extravasation
  • Leukocyte extravasation
  • Immune system
  • Monocyte
  • Immunology
  • Chemokine
  • Population
  • Patrolling
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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