Extracellular vimentin is a damage-associated molecular pattern protein serving as an agonist of TLR4 in human neutrophils

Abstract Background Vimentin is a type III intermediate filament protein that plays an important role in cytoskeletal mechanics. It is now known that vimentin also has distinct functions outside the cell. Recent studies show the controlled release of vimentin into the extracellular environment, wher...

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Published in:	Cell Communication and Signaling
Main Authors:	Łukasz Suprewicz, Krzysztof Fiedoruk, Karol Skłodowski, Evan Hutt, Magdalena Zakrzewska, Alicja Walewska, Piotr Deptuła, Agata Lesiak, Sławomir Okła, Peter A. Galie, Alison E. Patteson, Paul A. Janmey, Robert Bucki
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-02-01
Subjects:	Neutrophils Extracellular vimentin Citrullinated vimentin Inflammation Toll-like receptor 4
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-025-02062-w