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Noncanonical intercellular communication in immune response
Malgorzata Kloc, Department of Surgery, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Malgorzata Kloc, Xian C Li, Rafik M Ghobrial, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Jacek Z Kubiak, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unités Mixtes de Recherche 6290, Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes, Cell Cycle Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rennes, Rennes, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Jacek Z Kubiak, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rennes 1, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Rafik M Ghobrial, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Author contributions: Kloc M contributed to concept, manuscript writing, figures drawing; Kubiak JZ, Li XC and Ghobrial RM contributed to manuscript co-writing.
Supported by William Stamps Farish Fund and Donald D. Hammill Foundation.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest to disclose.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Malgorzata Kloc, Department of Surgery, Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030, United States. mkloc@houstonmethodist.org
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Received: July 22, 2015
Peer-review started: August 5, 2015
First decision: October 13, 2015
Revised: November 24, 2015
Accepted: December 17, 2015
Article in press: December 18, 2015
Published online: March 27, 2016
Processing time: 249 Days and 9.6 Hours
Peer-review started: August 5, 2015
First decision: October 13, 2015
Revised: November 24, 2015
Accepted: December 17, 2015
Article in press: December 18, 2015
Published online: March 27, 2016
Processing time: 249 Days and 9.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Noncanonical routes of intercellular communications through membrane stripping, trogocytosis, extracellular traps, microparticles and exosomes and their function in immune response are highlighted.