Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Neutrophils mediate Salmonella Typhimurium clearance through the GBP4 inflammasome-dependent production of prostaglandins

  • Sylwia D. Tyrkalska,
  • Sergio Candel,
  • Diego Angosto,
  • Victoria Gómez-Abellán,
  • Fátima Martín-Sánchez,
  • Diana García-Moreno,
  • Rubén Zapata-Pérez,
  • Álvaro Sánchez-Ferrer,
  • María P. Sepulcre,
  • Pablo Pelegrín,
  • Victoriano Mulero

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12077
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The role of guanylate-binding proteins (GBPs) in innate immunity is increasingly recognized. Here the authors show that GBP4 activates inflammasome in zebrafish neutrophils, and that this process is critical for the clearance of Salmonellainfection via prostaglandin D2.