The extracellular matrix and the immune system: A mutually dependent relationship

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Sutherland, Tara E.; Dyer, Douglas P.; Allen, Judith E.
• 署名单位: University of Manchester; University of Aberdeen; University of Manchester
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-10688
• DOI: 10.1126/science.abp8964
• 发表日期: 2023-02-17
• 页码: 659-+
• 关键词: endothelial glycocalyx; hyaluronan matrices; tissue-repair; l-selectin; collagen; macrophages; cd44; adhesion; monocytes; fibrosis

摘要

For decades, immunologists have studied the role of circulating immune cells in host protection, with a more recent appreciation of immune cells resident within the tissue microenvironment and the intercommunication between nonhematopoietic cells and immune cells. However, the extracellular matrix (ECM), which comprises at least a third of tissue structures, remains relatively underexplored in immunology. Similarly, matrix biologists often overlook regulation of complex structural matrices by the immune system. We are only beginning to understand the scale at which ECM structures determine immune cell localization and function. Additionally, we need to better understand how immune cells dictate ECM complexity. This review aims to highlight the potential for biological discovery at the interface of immunology and matrix biology.