PUBLICATION

Innate immunity: wounds burst H2O2 signals to leukocytes

Authors
Yoo, S.K., and Huttenlocher, A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-090731-15
Date
2009
Source
Current biology : CB   19(14): R553-R555 (Other)
Registered Authors
Huttenlocher, Anna
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism*
  • Immunity, Innate/immunology*
  • Leukocytes/immunology
  • Leukocytes/metabolism*
  • Respiratory Burst/physiology*
  • Wound Healing/immunology*
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
19640490 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Abstract
How leukocytes are attracted to wounds is poorly understood. Recent work using zebrafish reveals a novel mechanism of early leukocyte recruitment to wounds through a concentration gradient of hydrogen peroxide.
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