
Inflammation is an essential physiological response of the organism which aims to restore homeostasis after infection or tissue injury. The main cells involved in the inflammatory process are neutrophils, the most abundant leukocyte in the circulation. Neutrophils circulate in a steady state until be recruited to a site of infection or injury, where they execute a vast array of specialized functions. Once transmigrated through blood vessels, neutrophils recognize molecular patterns present in microorganisms or damaged cells to be activated and initialize effector activities. Neutrophils act by three main antimicrobial functions: phagocytosis, degranulation, and the release of nuclear material in the form of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). With a short lifespan, after activation, neutrophils undergo apoptosis and should be removed. The removal of neutrophils is executed by macrophage and dendritic cells in a process called efferocytosis. This process is important to avoid tissue damage due to the powerful enzymatic activity of neutrophils and to restore tissue homeostasis. Different methodologies have been employed to access neutrophil activities and to help better understand the ambiguity and complexity of the inflammation process. This Methods Collection intends to gather both, established and novel techniques to assay neutrophil tasks from circulation until its death and removal, to inspire researchers and shed light on approaches of inflammation study.
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1Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, UConn Health, 2Center for Molecular Discovery, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 3Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 4Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 5Autophagy, Inflammation, & Metabolism (AIM) Center, University of New Mexico
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Alexia Almaraz-Arreortua1, Sorely Adelina Sosa-Luis2, William de Jesús Ríos-Ríos1, María de los Ángeles Romero-Tlalolini3, Sergio Roberto Aguilar-Ruiz4, Rafael Baltiérrez-Hoyos3, Honorio Torres Aguilar1
1Clinical Immunology Research Department of Biochemical Sciences Faculty, Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca, 2Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 3CONACYT- Medicine and Surgery Faculty, Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca, 4Molecular Immunology Research Department of Medicine and Surgery Faculty, Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca
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Yuping Fan*1,2, Yan Teng*3, Fu tong Liu*4, Fengxia Ma1,2, Alan Y. Hsu5, Sizhou Feng1,2, Hongbo R. Luo5
1State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 2Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, 3Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 4Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Tianjin Medical University, 5Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Division of Blood Bank, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Stem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber /Harvard Cancer Center
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1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 2Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Sichuan Provincial Pancreatitis Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 3West China-Liverpool Biomedical Research Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 4Cardiovascular Surgery Research Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Measurement of neutrophil mitochondrial respiration using Seahorse XFe Analyser
Zhichao Fan*1,
Sunitha Pulikkot1
1Department of Immunology, UConn Health
NeutroScreen – a set of screening methods for a quick overview of the neutrophil function.
Raquel Takaya1,
Wagner Fontes*1,
Mariana S. Castro1,
Isabelle Souza Luz1
1Laboratory of Protein Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasilia, Brazil