Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Neutrophil recruitment limited by high-affinity bent β2 integrin binding ligand in cis

  • Zhichao Fan,
  • Sara McArdle,
  • Alex Marki,
  • Zbigniew Mikulski,
  • Edgar Gutierrez,
  • Britta Engelhardt,
  • Urban Deutsch,
  • Mark Ginsberg,
  • Alex Groisman,
  • Klaus Ley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12658
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Integrin β2 attachment regulates inflammation via effects on neutrophil rolling and extravasation through sequential integrin extension then headpiece opening. Here the authors show an alternative open headpiece prior to extension stabilized in cisby ICAM-1 that limits neutrophil adhesion.