UMMS Affiliation
Department of Molecular Medicine; Diabetes Center of Excellence; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Publication Date
2015-09-10
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Biotechnology | Hematology | Immunopathology
Abstract
In vivo implantation of sterile materials and devices results in a foreign body immune response leading to fibrosis of implanted material. Neutrophils, one of the first immune cells to be recruited to implantation sites, have been suggested to contribute to the establishment of the inflammatory microenvironment that initiates the fibrotic response. However, the precise numbers and roles of neutrophils in response to implanted devices remains unclear. Using a mouse model of peritoneal microcapsule implantation, we show 30-500 fold increased neutrophil presence in the peritoneal exudates in response to implants. We demonstrate that these neutrophils secrete increased amounts of a variety of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Further, we observe that they participate in the foreign body response through the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) on implant surfaces. Our results provide new insight into neutrophil function during a foreign body response to peritoneal implants which has implications for the development of biologically compatible medical devices.
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Copyright: 2015 Jhunjhunwala et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
DOI of Published Version
10.1371/journal.pone.0137550
Source
PLoS One. 2015 Sep 10;10(9):e0137550. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137550. eCollection 2015. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
PloS one
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PubMed ID
26355958
Repository Citation
Jhunjhunwala S, Aresta-DaSilva S, Tang K, Alvarez D, Webber MJ, Tang BC, Lavin DM, Veiseh O, Doloff JC, Bose S, Vegas A, Ma M, Sahay G, Chiu A, Bader A, Langan E, Siebert S, Li J, Greiner DL, Newburger PE, von Andrian UH, Langer R, Anderson DG. (2015). Neutrophil Responses to Sterile Implant Materials. Open Access Articles. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137550. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/2638
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