Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Neutrophil breaching of the blood vessel pericyte layer during diapedesis requires mast cell-derived IL-17A

  • Régis Joulia,
  • Idaira María Guerrero-Fonseca,
  • Tamara Girbl,
  • Jonathon A. Coates,
  • Monja Stein,
  • Laura Vázquez-Martínez,
  • Eleanor Lynam,
  • James Whiteford,
  • Michael Schnoor,
  • David Voehringer,
  • Axel Roers,
  • Sussan Nourshargh,
  • Mathieu-Benoit Voisin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34695-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The blood vessel wall is a complex multi-layered structure, yet upon injury or infection, neutrophil leukocytes are rapidly migrating from the blood stream to the affected tissues, by a process termed diapedesis. Authors here show that the final steps of diapedesis through the outer pericyte layer is regulated by perivascular mast cells via IL-17A production.