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ReviewExperimental cell research2016

Vesicular trafficking of immune mediators in human eosinophils revealed by immunoelectron microscopy.

Rossana C N Melo, Peter F Weller

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Review in Experimental cell research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Eosinophils: old cells, new directions.Frontiers in medicine · 2024
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  11. Functions of tissue-resident eosinophils.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rossana C N MeloLaboratory of Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, ICB, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-900, Brazil; Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, CLS 943, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: rossana.melo@ufjf.edu.br.
Peter F WellerDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, CLS 943, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USHarvard University · US

Funding

CYTOPLASMIC LIPID BODIES OF INFLAMMATORY CELLSR01AI022571 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WELLER, PETER F · 1985 to 2013
$4.5M
Human Eosinophils: Mechanisms of FunctioningR37AI020241 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WELLER, PETER F · 2010 to 2019
$4.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI022571NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI020241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electron microscopy (EM)-based techniques are mostly responsible for our current view of cell morphology at the subcellular level and continue to play an essential role in biological research. In cells from the immune system, such as eosinophils, EM has helped to understand how cells package and release mediators involved in immune responses. Ultrastructural investigations of human eosinophils enabled visualization of secretory processes in detail and identification of a robust, vesicular trafficking essential for the secretion of immune mediators via a non-classical secretory pathway associated with secretory (specific) granules. This vesicular system is mainly organized as large tubular-vesicular carriers (Eosinophil Sombrero Vesicles - EoSVs) actively formed in response to cell activation and provides a sophisticated structural mechanism for delivery of granule-stored mediators. In this review, we highlight the application of EM techniques to recognize pools of immune mediators at vesicular compartments and to understand the complex secretory pathway within human eosinophils involved in inflammatory and allergic responses.

Indexed as

Biological TransportEosinophilsHumansImmune SystemMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronSecretory VesiclesCell secretionEosinophilsImmune mediators, Transmission electron microscopy, Immunogold electron microscopyImmune responseInflammationLeukocytesUltrastructureVesicular trafficking

Identifiers

PMID27562864
PMCPMC5028316
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