Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume 217, Issue 1 , Pages 51-54 , 10 December 2009

Neutrophils contain prolyl endopeptidase and generate the chemotactic peptide, PGP, from collagen

  • Philip J. O'Reilly

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1900 University Boulevard, MCLM 894, Birmingham, AL 35294-0005, USA. Tel.: +1 205 934 4304; fax: +1 205 934 1446.
    • Joint first authors of this manuscript are Philip O'Reilly and Matthew Hardison.
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  • Matthew T. Hardison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • Joint first authors of this manuscript are Philip O'Reilly and Matthew Hardison.
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  • Patricia L. Jackson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • Xin Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • Robert J. Snelgrove

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • Amit Gaggar

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • F. Shawn Galin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • J. Edwin Blalock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Received 31 August 2009 ,Revised 28 September 2009 ,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.09.020

Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume 217, Issue 1 , Pages 51-54 , 10 December 2009

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