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Mahsa Keshavarz-Fathi, Golshid Sanati, Maryam Sadr, Bahareh Mohebbi, Vahid Ziaee, Nima Rezaei
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Mateusz Wawro, Jakub Kochan, Weronika Sowinska, Aleksandra Solecka, Karolina Wawro, Agnieszka Morytko, Patrycja Kwiecinska, Beata Grygier, Mateusz Kwitniewski, Mingui Fu, Joanna Cichy, Aneta Kasza
Summary: Members of the ZC3H12/MCPIP/Regnase RNase family play crucial roles in regulating inflammation, with Reg-3 showing distinct features such as substrate specificity and regulation of TNF transcript levels compared to other family members. In psoriasis, Reg-3 levels in the epidermis appear to be negatively regulated by Reg-1, suggesting reciprocal regulation between the two in disease pathophysiology. Both Reg-1 and Reg-3 are implicated in psoriasis by controlling different transcripts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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Aneta Zegar, Urszula Godlewska, Dorota Kozlowska-Chmielewska, Pawel Majewski, Brian A. Zabel, Joanna Cichy
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Summary: Eosinophils are a major source of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) among circulating leukocytes, and SLPI is stored in the crystalline core of eosinophil granules. Patients with allergy-associated diseases have elevated levels of SLPI in their blood and skin. Exogenous SLPI increases the number of eosinophils and enhances their chemotactic response to CCL11.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
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Immunology
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