Angiopoietin-1 enhances neutrophil chemotaxis in vitro and migration in vivo through interaction with CD18 and release of CCL4

Abstract Angiopoietins are a family of growth factors that are ligands for the tyrosine kinase receptor, Tie2. Angiopoietin 1 (Ang-1) is agonistic for Tie2, plays a key role in blood vessel maturation and stability and has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory properties. However, Tie2 expression...

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Main Authors: Amanda Burnett, Ingrid Gomez, David Davila De Leon, Mark Ariaans, Pavlos Progias, Richard A. Kammerer, Guillermo Velasco, Marie Marron, Paul Hellewell, Victoria Ridger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02216-y