title: Regulation of neutrophil functions by proinflammatory cytokines.
abstract: Various functions of mature human neutrophils are activated or potentiated by hematopoietic growth factors or proinflammatory cytokines such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukin 1beta. The major signaling pathways activated in human neutrophils stimulated by proinflammatory cytokines include mitogen-activated protein kinases, Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and nuclear factor kappaB. These signaling pathways are involved in cytokine-mediated regulation of neutrophil functions in a cytokine-specific manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D018375:Neutrophil Activation; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D016328:NF-kappa B; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases