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We show that raised concentrations of extracellular calcium ions shift the preferred mode of exocytosis to the kiss-and-run mechanism in a calcium-concentration-dependent manner.

MSU crystals (as well as calcium pyrophosphate and cholesterol crystals) are recognized as danger signals [39] by the innate immune system cells, such as macrophages and dendritic cells.