Saturday, December 8, 2018

Il-13, Fas, and phagocytes

Neutrophils secrete fasL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278510/

Monocytes, eosinophils, and neutrophils express fas and this is a way to stop quickly inflammation

il-13 suppresses apoptosis
http://www.jimmunol.org/content/jimmunol/161/6/2863.full.pdf

Monocytes, eosinophils, and neutrophils all have il-13 receptors which means they do not go through apoptosis if il-13 is around.

During cytosolic infections by bacteria or parasites the myeloid Dendritic cells instead of intereacting with TH1 hands the MHC2 with a protein in it off to a basophil who then as the liaison shows the TH2 cells instead. TH2 cells then make il-13 not just il-4.

This means that when a cytosolic infection occurs and the CTL-fas ligand pathway is triggered the phagocytes are not going to apoptosis only the parasite infected cells. At least until the il-13 wears off.


Like viruses of the cytosol there is more than one way to kill bacterial infections of the cytosol.

cytosolic receptor for bacteria
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0433-3


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