Extracellular nucleic acids as novel alarm signals in the vascular system
Fischer, S.; Preissner, K.-T. · Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie · 2013 · Heft 01 · S. 37 bis 42
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SummaryUpon vascular injury or tissue damage, the exposed intracellular material such as nucleic acids, histones and other macromolecules may come into contact with vessel wall cells and circulating blood cells and may thus, have an enduring influence on wound healing and body defence processes. This short review summarizes recent work related to extracellular DNA and RNA and their role as prominent alarm signals and inducers of different defence reactions related to innate immunity and thrombus formation. Of particular importance are DNA-histone complexes (nucleosome material) that, having been expelled during…