May be adenosine an immuno-quorum-sensing signal?
May be adenosine an immuno-quorum-sensing signal?
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DOI:
10.1007/s11302-022-09866-2
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发表时间:
2022-04-30
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Hasko,Gyorgy
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作者:
Antonioli,Luca;Hasko,Gyorgy
Quorum sensing indicates a communication process between bacteria based on a coordinate variation in gene expression aimed at coordinating a collective comportment related to the bacterial population density. Increasing pieces of evidence pointed out that a quorum-sensing system can be a regulatory program also used in the immune field to organize the density of the various immune cell populations and to calibrate their responses. In particular, such equilibrium is achieved by the ability of immune cells to perceive the density of their own populations or those of other cells in their environment, through the release of several mediators able to finely shape the cell density via coordinated changes in gene expression and protein signaling. In this regard, adenosine displays the typical characteristics of a mediator involved in the regulation of quorum sensing, thus suggesting a putative role of this nucleoside in shaping the balance between diverse immune cell populations.Graphical abstract