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Investigating Mast Cell Secretory Granules; from Biosynthesis to Exocytosis
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Keep your neutrophils close, but your mast cells closer
Samir Ali-Moussa1, Aleksandra Deczkowska2
1Brain-Immune Communication Lab, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Inserm U1224, Paris, France; PhD Program, École Doctorale Bio Sorbonne Paris Cité (BioSPC), Université de Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France.
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Immune activity at the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-dura-brain interface regulates key functions of brain physiology. In two back-to-back papers, Mamuladze et al. and Kothari et al. show that dural mast cells (MCs) are strategically positioned to coordinate this regulation, controlling CSF flow dynamics and immune cell trafficking in allergy, meningitis, and stroke.
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