Thrombin: A Gas Pedal Driving Innate Immunity.
Immunity
; 50(4): 1024-1026, 2019 04 16.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30995493
ABSTRACT
Hemostasis and immunity were long considered entirely separate entities. In this issue of Immunity, Burzynski et al. (2019) find that thrombin, the key enzyme within the coagulation cascade, activates IL-1α, a central pleiotropic pro-inflammatory cytokine, to promote wound healing and platelet production following ectoderm injury.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Thrombin
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Interleukin-1alpha
Language:
En
Journal:
Immunity
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany