title: Neutrophil migration in infection and wound repair: going forward in reverse.
abstract: Neutrophil migration and its role during inflammation has been the focus of increased interest in the past decade. Advances in live imaging and the use of new model systems have helped to uncover the behaviour of neutrophils in injured and infected tissues. Although neutrophils were considered to be short-lived effector cells that undergo apoptosis in damaged tissues, recent evidence suggests that neutrophil behaviour is more complex and, in some settings, neutrophils might leave sites of tissue injury and migrate back into the vasculature. The role of reverse migration and its contribution to resolution of inflammation remains unclear. In this Review, we discuss the different cues within tissues that mediate neutrophil forward and reverse migration in response to injury or infection and the implications of these mechanisms to human disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Emily E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Rosowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huttenlocher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D020556:Neutrophil Infiltration / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*