Charcot-Leyden Crystals in Eosinophilic Inflammation: Active Cytolysis Leads to Crystal Formation

Purpose of Review Charcot-Leyden crystals (CLCs), slender bipyramidal hexagonal crystals, were first described by Jean-Martin Charcot in 1853, predating Paul Ehrlich’s “discovery” of eosinophils by 26 years. To date, CLCs are known as a classical hallmark of eosinophilic inflammation. CLC protein ex...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current allergy and asthma reports 2019-08, Vol.19 (8), p.35-9, Article 35
Hauptverfasser:	Ueki, Shigeharu, Miyabe, Yui, Yamamoto, Yohei, Fukuchi, Mineyo, Hirokawa, Makoto, Spencer, Lisa A., Weller, Peter F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Allergology Animals Apoptosis Crystallization - instrumentation Crystallization - methods Disease Models, Animal Eosinophilia - metabolism Extracellular Traps - metabolism Galectins - metabolism Humans Inflammation Inflammation - metabolism Inflammation - pathology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mice Otitis (DP Skoner Section Editor Topical Collection on Otitis
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