Roles of Heat Shock Proteins and γδT Cells in Inflammation
- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Thoracic Society in American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
- Vol. 39 (5), 509-513
- https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2008-0090tr
Abstract
Elimination of activated inflammatory cells that infiltrate and damage host organs can reduce morbidity and mortality. A better understanding of the mechanisms by which these processes occur may lead to new approaches to prevent tissue damage. The lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and skin are particularly prone to infection and collateral damage by inflammatory cells. Specialized lymphocytes protect these organs from collateral tissue damage by eliminating neutrophils and macrophages from inflamed tissues. These lymphocytes recognize signals produced by inflammatory cells. One such signal is heat shock protein (Hsp) expressed on the cell surface of inflamed phagocytes. Mammalian Hsp molecules closely resemble their microbial equivalents, and therefore phagocytes decorated with these molecules are recognized as target cells. T lymphocytes bearing the gammadelta T cell receptor (TCR) elicit cytotoxic activity toward macrophages and neutrophils that express Hsp60 and Hsp70, respectively, protecting host organs from collateral tissue damage by phagocytes.Keywords
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